Assessment of uterine and ovarian arteries before uterine artery embolization: Advantages conferred by unenhanced MR angiography

Radiology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 467-475

  Mori, Kensaku ^a,b   Saida, Tsukasa ^b   Shibuya, Yoko ^c   Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^b   Shiigai, Masanari ^b   Osada, Kayo ^a   Tanaka, Nami ^a   Minami, Manabu ^b  

^a Tsukuba Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Tsukuba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY; OVARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 77951454068     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10091339     Document Type: Article

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