Variations in levator ani volume and geometry in women: The application of MR based 3D reconstruction in evaluating pelvic floor dysfunction

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 532-539

  Hoyte, Lennox ^a   Fielding, Julia R ^a   Versi, Eboo ^a   Mamisch, Charles ^a   Kolvenbach, Carl ^a   Kikinis, Ron ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pelvic floor; Prolapse; Three dimensional modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; PROLAPSE;

EID: 0035405914     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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