Physiological changes of the human uterine myometrium during menstrual cycle: Preliminary evaluation using BOLD MR imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 695-700

  Kido, Aki ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^a   Kataoka, Masako ^a   Yamamoto, Akira ^a   Saga, Tsuneo ^a   Turner, Robert ^b   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOLD; Contraction; Menstrual cycle; T2*; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TIME; UTERUS;

ADULT; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 35248854370     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21061     Document Type: Article

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