Multishot echoplanar MR imaging of the female pelvis: Comparison with fast spin-echo MR imaging in an initial clinical trial

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 651-655

  Niitsu, Marrioru ^a   Tanaka, Yumiko O ^a   Anno, Izumi ^a   Itai, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031046718     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.3.9057509     Document Type: Article

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