MR reproducibility in the assessment of uterine fibroids for patients scheduled for uterine artery embolization

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-268

  Volkers, Nicole A ^a   Hehenkamp, Wouter J K ^b   Spijkerboer, Anje M ^a   Moolhuijzen, Albert D ^c   Birnie, Erwin ^a,d   Ankum, Willem M ^b   Reekers, Jim A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Gynaecology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Waterland Hospital   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Fibroids; Leiomyoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Menorrhagia; Uterine artery embolization; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 41049108055     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9209-0     Document Type: Article

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