Benign Myometrial Conditions: Leiomyomas and Adenomyosis

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-304

  Ascher, Susan M ^a   Jha, Reena C ^a   Reinhold, Caroline ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SYNARC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Leiomyoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myometrium

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADENOMYOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0242384951     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-200308000-00003     Document Type: Review

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