Endometrial cancer is one of the three most common gynecologic malignancies. With high soft tissue resolution,multi-dimensional and multi-sequencing imaging,magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) has become an important method for preoperative staging of endometrial carcinoma. Conventional MRI plays an important role in preoperative staging,but still has some limitations. Functional MRI,such as diffusion weighted imaging(DWI) and dynamic contrast enhanced MRI(DCE-MRI),has great potential in preoperative staging. This review provides an overview of current conventional and novel imaging methods for preoperative staging of endometrial cancer.