In-vivo visualisation of the anatomical structures related to the acupuncture points Dai mai and Shen mai by MRI: A single-case pilot study

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Moncayo, Roy ^a   Rudisch, Ansgar ^b   Diemling, Markus ^c   Kremser, Christian ^b  

^a WOMED   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c HERMES MEDICAL SOLUTIONS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BANANA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ABDOMEN; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES;

ABDOMEN; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 34247551066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-7-4     Document Type: Article

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