MR Imaging of the Female Pelvis at 3T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-544

  Hussain, Shahid M ^a   van den Bos, Indra C ^b   Oliveto, Jennifer M ^a   Martin, Diego R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS;

EID: 34047273188     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2007.01.008     Document Type: Review

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