Endoluminal MR imaging of the rectum and anus: Technique, applications, and pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 383-398

  Stoker, Jaap ^a,b   Rociu, Elena ^a   Zwamborn, Andries W ^a   Schouten, W Ruud ^a   Laméris, Johan S ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anus, MR, 757.121411, 757.121413; Magnetic resonance (MR), intracavitary coils; Rectum, MR, 757.121411, 757.121413; Rectum, neoplasms, 757.30

Indexed keywords

ANUS DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW;

ANUS DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 0033094566     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.19.2.g99mr01383     Document Type: Article

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