Noncritical soft tissues of the female pelvis: Serial MR imaging before, during, and after radiation therapy

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 461-468

  Blomlie, Viggo ^a   Rofstad, Einar K ^a   Tverå, Kjell ^a   Lien, Hans H ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Pelvic organs, therapeutic radiology; Radiation, injurious effects; Radiations, injurious effects, complications of therapeutic radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029940736     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.2.8668795     Document Type: Article

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