Dysmenorrhea: Evaluation with cine-mode-display MR imaging - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 124-131

  Kataoka, Masako ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a   Kido, Aki ^a   Nakai, Asako ^a   Fujiwara, Toshitaka ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^a   Fujii, Shingo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ADULT; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 15944407163     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2351031283     Document Type: Article

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