MRI of pelvic floor dysfunction: Review

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Law, Yan Mee ^a,b   Fielding, Julia R ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystocele; MRI; Pelvic floor dysfunction; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149151402     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.7096     Document Type: Review

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