Susceptibility-weighted MRI of endometrioma: Preliminary results

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1366-1370

  Takeuchi, Mayumi ^a   Matsuzaki, Kenji ^a   Nishitani, Hiromu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrioma; MRI; Susceptibility weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55549143312     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3974     Document Type: Article

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