Deep pelvic endometriosis: MR imaging for diagnosis and prediction of extension of disease

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 379-389

  Bazot, Marc ^a   Darai, Emile ^a   Hourani, Roula ^a   Thomassin, Isabelle ^a   Cortez, Annie ^a   Uzan, Serge ^a   Buy, Jean Noël ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Bladder, diseases; Bladder, MR; Endometriosis; Intestines, diseases; Intestines, MR; Vagina, abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP PELVIC ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242776854     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2322030762     Document Type: Article

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