3-T MRI in the preoperative evaluation of depth of myometrial infiltration in endometrial cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 489-495

  Torricelli, Pietro ^a   Ferraresi, Sonia ^a   Fiocchi, Federica ^a   Ligabue, Guido ^a   Jasonni, Valerio M ^b   Di Monte, Ilaria ^b   Rivasi, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; Endometrial carcinoma; High field strength MRI; Myometrial invasion; Staging; Women's imaging

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38849109492     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2380     Document Type: Article

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