Virtual hysterosalpingography: A new multidetector CT technique for evaluating the female reproductive system

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 643-661

  Carrascosa, Patricia M ^a   Capuñay, Carlos ^a   Vallejos, Javier ^a   López, Elba Beatriz Martín ^a   Baronio, Mariano ^b   Carrascosa, Jorge Manuel ^a  

^a Department of Computed Tomography   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Estudios en Ginecologia y Reproduccion Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE;

FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 77953515734     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.303095732     Document Type: Article

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