Magnetically labeled water perfusion imaging of the uterine arteries and of normal and malignant cervical tissue: Initial experiences

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-234

  Hawighorst, Hans ^a   Bock, Michael ^a   Knopp, Michael V ^a   Essig, Marco ^a   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a   Knapstein, Paul G ^b   Schad, Lothar R ^a   Van Kaick, Gerhard ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced cervical carcinoma (FIGO IIB IVA); Cervix; Magnetic resonance; Magnetically labeled water perfusion; Perfusion study; Uterine arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL PERFUSION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPIN LABELING; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CERVIX UTERI; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PERFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; WATER;

EID: 0032051821     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00297-X     Document Type: Article

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