MRI of the female pelvis at 3T compared to 1.5T: Evaluation on high-resolution T2-weighted and HASTE images

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 527-534

  Kataoka, Masako ^a,b   Kido, Aki ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^a   Isoda, Hiroyoshi ^a   Umeoka, Shigeaki ^a   Tamai, Ken ^a   Nakamoto, Yuji ^a   Maetani, Yoji ^a   Morisawa, Nobuko ^a   Saga, Tsuneo ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Ovary; Pelvis; Ultrahigh magnetic field; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 33847672692     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20842     Document Type: Article

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