Feasibility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with fibre tractography of the normal female pelvic floor

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1243-1249

  Zijta, F M ^a,b   Froeling, M ^a,c   Van Der Paardt, M P ^a   Lakeman, M M E ^a   Bipat, S ^a   Montauban Van Swijndregt, A D ^b   Strijkers, G J ^c   Nederveen, A J ^a   Stoker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI); Fibre tractography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959216892     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-2044-8     Document Type: Article

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