49 RESULTS: General characteristics of the studies Search Results: As shown in Figure 2.1, a total of 80 articles were ultimately deemed eligible for inclusion in this review. Fourteen were diagnostic accuracy studies which investigated MRI versus histopathology for adenomyosis, four of which reported diagnostic accuracy data for individual MRI parameters (e.g. JZ thickness >12mm) and could be included in the meta-analysis. The remaining 66 studies were of varying study designs and did not investigate the diagnostic performance of MRI specifically, but did describe objective measures of adenomyosis on MRI, and were included to satisfy the secondary objectives of this review. Figure 2.1: PRISMA Flow Diagram of Study Selection
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