Table 4.

MRI technical artifacts. Pitfalls and pearls

Artifacts	Pitfall	Pearl
Motion artifacts Peristalsis (bladder, bowel)	Limit visualization of the anatomical detail of the uterus	• Adequate patient preparation • Use antiperistalsis agents
Sequence-specific artifacts while using rapid parallel imaging techniques such as ASSET (GE units) and SENSE (Phillips units), mSENSE (Siemens units)	May make image interpretation difficult	• Increase FOV
Metal artifacts - Hip prosthesis - Surgical clips	Limit visualization of the anatomical detail of the uterus and pelvic structures Makes staging more difficult	• Use MARS sequences

FOV field of view, MARS metal artifact reduction sequences