MR imaging of the female pelvis: Current perspectives and review of genital tract congenital anomalies, and benign and malignant diseases

Critical Reviews in Diagnostic Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 417-499

  Patel, Vimal H ^a   Somers, Sat ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired diseases; Congenital anomalies; Female pelvis; Genital tract

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BENIGN TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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