MRI of the uterus, uterine cervix, and vagina: Diagnostic performance of dynamic contrast-enhanced fast multiplanar gradient-echo imaging in comparison with fast spin-echo T2-weighted pulse imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1433-1440

  Liu, P F ^a   Krestin, G P ^a   Huch, R A ^a   Gohde S C ^a   Caduff, R F ^a   Debatin, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic multiplanar gradient echo sequence; Female; MR imaging; Pelvis; T2 weighted fast spin echo sequence

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVIX UTERI; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0032238529     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050569     Document Type: Article

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