Externally placed vs intravaginally positioned radio frequency coils for quantitative spin-spin relaxometry of ovarian follicular fluid

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-47

  Sarty, Gordon E ^a,b   Baerwald, Angie R ^b   Loewy, John ^c   Pierson, Roger A ^b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c HUMBER RIVER REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; RADIO WAVES; VAGINA;

EID: 16444381622     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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