In vivo perfusion, T1, and T2 measurements in the female pelvis during the normal menstrual cycle: A feasibility study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1350-1356

  Hoad, Caroline L ^a   Fulford, Jonathan ^a   Raine Fenning, Nick J ^a   Campbell, Bruce K ^a   Johnson, Ian R ^a   Gowland, Penelope A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrium; EPI; FAIR; Myometrium; Relaxation times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW ALTERNATING INVERSION RECOVERY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVULATION; PELVIS; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELAXATION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE PERFUSION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PELVIS; PERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

EID: 33845332408     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20784     Document Type: Article

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