Magnetic resonance imaging appearances of the uterus following microwave endometrial ablation

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 926-929

  Olson, S ^a,b   Wallage, S ^a,b   Deans, H E ^a,b   Wallis, F ^a,b   Parkin, D E ^a,b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Microwaves; MR imaging; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GOSERELIN;

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMATOMETRA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TISSUE NECROSIS; UTERUS BLEEDING; VITAL STAIN;

EID: 0036797740     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2002.0993     Document Type: Article

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