Abstract: Objective To evaluate the value of MRI imaging performance and preoperative staging of uterine cervical cancer.Methods Eighty-two patients with cervical cancer were examined by MRI.Lesion characteristics,including location,size,signal characteristics,infiltration range,adjacent involved uterine tissues and organs,and enlarged lymph nodes,were determined on MRI.Preoperative staging of cervical cancer was detected by the performance of MRI.Results Among the 82 patients,stage Ⅰ cervical carcinoma was found in 32(5 cases of stage Ⅰa and 27 cases of stage Ⅰb),stage Ⅱcervical carcinoma in 38(22 cases of stage Ⅱa and 16 cases of stage Ⅱb),stage Ⅲ cervical carcinoma in 9(6 cases of stage Ⅲa and 3 cases of stage Ⅲb),and stage Ⅳcervical carcinoma in 3(2 cases of stage Ⅳa and 1 case of stage Ⅳb).Conclusion MRI can clearly show the infiltration of cervical lesions and whether tumor metastases occur.Therefore,MRI may be of great value in the staging and treatment options of cervical cancer.