Dynamic MR imaging of the pelvic floor: A pictorial review

Radiographics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-42

  Colaiacomo, Maria Chiara ^a   Masselli, Gabriele ^a   Polettini, Elisabetta ^a   Lanciotti, Silvia ^a   Casciani, Emanuele ^a   Bertini, Luca ^a   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CYSTOCELE; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CYSTOCELE; DEFECATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; RECTAL PROLAPSE; REFERENCE VALUES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 77949887105     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.e35     Document Type: Review

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