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Women's Pelvic MRI in Denver
The Importance of Pelvic Health
The pelvic space houses many organs essential to reproductive and overall health, including the uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, as well as the bladder and rectum. When women experience specific symptoms, a pelvic MRI may be used to assess the health of the pelvic organs.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI for short) is an advanced imaging technology for pelvic organs that uses magnets and radio waves to produce detailed 3D images that radiologists can interpret. MRI helps distinguish normal tissues from pathologic or abnormal tissues and is useful in uncovering the reason for patient complaints.
Interpreting Your Pelvic MRI
At The Women’s Imaging Center, your pelvic MRI is in good hands. As specialists in body imaging for women, including breast, gynecologic, abdominal, thyroid, pelvic, and bone, our fellowship-trained radiologists are experts at interpreting MRIs. We invest in state-of-the-art technology and take a comprehensive approach to care, from screening to diagnosis to treatment, ensuring every aspect of your health receives expert attention.
Meet Our Specialists
Kelly McAleese, M.D.
Timothy Colt, M.D.
Barbara Jaegar, M.D.
John Lewin, M.D.
Frequently Asked Questions About Pelvic MRIs
A Pelvic MRI may be ordered by your physician to get a detailed look at the pelvic organs, including the uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. The bladder and rectum are also considered part of the pelvic space. MRI may help evaluate more closely complex ovarian cysts, endometriosis, or vascular uterine fibroids.
Your clinician may want to specifically evaluate the lining of the uterus (the endometrium) after an abnormal pelvic ultrasound or endometrial biopsy. Pelvic MRI is also used to evaluate pelvic floor prolapse or urinary incontinence. Sometimes a pelvic MRI is ordered to make a diagnosis for a symptom such as heavy menstrual bleeding or persistent cramping. This high-tech medical diagnostic radiology imaging can give a GYN or surgeon a more detailed map prior to anticipated surgery.
Before the MRI is performed, we may inject a contrast dye (called Gadolinium) into a vein in your arm. The contrast is taken up differently in different types of tissues to different degrees. You will be lying on your back on a comfortable table that moves into and out of the MRI machine. The magnet makes a loud clunky sound so the technologists will fit you with comfortable headphones and you may choose to listen to music through the headphone that makes the magnet sound indistinct. It is important not to move quickly or jerk during the exam because this may cause irregularities in the images from signals of the magnets moving.
Hundreds of images from the pelvic MRI in various sequences will be produced for each study that needs to be interpreted. Therefore, the results will not be immediately available. An MRI specialist or the patient navigator will call you regarding your results once the interpretation is complete.
If you have any prior examinations elsewhere, please let us know the location so that we can obtain these for faster comparison.
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