Pelvic floor images: Anatomy of the levator ani muscle

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1647-1655

  Guo, Maolin ^a   Li, Dawei ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Computed tomography; Levator ani; Magnetic resonance imaging; Puborectalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FLOOR; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PELVIC FLOOR; PRONE POSITION; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348837478     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0262-1     Document Type: Article

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