Normal or abnormal? Demystifying uterine and cervical contrast enhancement at multidetector CT

Radiographics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-661

  Yitta, Silaja ^a   Hecht, Elizabeth M ^a   Mausner, Elizabeth V ^a   Bennett, Genevieve L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79958061883     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.313105057     Document Type: Review

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