Texture Analysis Based on Sagittal Fat-Suppression and Transverse T2-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Determining Local Invasion of Rectal Cancer

Background: Accurate evaluation of local invasion (T-stage) of rectal cancer is essential for treatment planning. A search of PubMed database indicated that the correlation between texture features from T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (T2WI) (MRI) and T-stage has not been explored extensively. Purpose: To evaluate the performance of texture analysis using sagittal fat-suppression combined with transverse T2WI for determining T-stage of...