X-ray diffraction-enhanced imaging of uterine leiomyomas

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Liu, Chenglin ^a,b   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Xinyi ^a   Yang, Wentao ^c   Peng, Weijun ^c   Shi, Daren ^c   Zhu, Peiping ^d   Tian, Yulian ^d   Huang, Wanxia ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yancheng Normal College   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Microstructures; Synchrotron radiation; Uterine leiomyomas; X ray diffraction enhanced imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; HYSTEROGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MYOMA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; SYNCHROTRONS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 20344388558     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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