MRI of the pelvis in women: 3D versus 2D T2-weighted technique

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 254-259

  Proscia, Nicole ^a   Jaffe, Tracy A ^a   Neville, Amy M ^a   Wang, Carolyn L ^a   Dale, Brian M ^b   Merkle, Elmar M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; MRI; Pelvis; SPACE; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954745363     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3226     Document Type: Article

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