T2-weighted MRI of the uterus: Fast spin echo vs. breath-hold fast spin echo

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 384-390

  Ascher, Susan M ^a   O'Malley, Janice ^a   Semelka, Richard C ^b   Patt, Richard H ^a   Rajan, Sunder ^a   Thomasson, David ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance rapid imaging; Pelvis, MR; Uterus, MR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0032956441     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199903)9:3<384::AID-JMRI4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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