Dynamic MR defecography with an open-configuration, low-field, tilting MR system in patients with pelvic floor disorders;Defecografia-RM con un sistema di risonanza magnetica aperto a basso campo a decubito variabile. Tecnica e risultati clinici preliminari

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 620-633

  Fiaschetti, V ^a   Squillaci, E ^a   Pastorelli, D ^a   Rascioni, M ^a   Funel, V ^a   Salimbeni, C ^a   Fanucci, E ^a   Simonetti, G ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low field MR; MR defecography; Pelvic floor disorders; Tilt system MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; RECTOCELE;

ADULT; AGED; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RECTOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960003541     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-011-0660-2     Document Type: Article

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