Utility of MRI before and after uterine fibroid embolization: Why to do It and what to look for

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 705-716

  Kirby, John Martin ^a   Burrows, David ^a   Haider, Ehsan ^a   Maizlin, Zeev ^a   Midia, Mehran ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embolization; Fibroid; MRI

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADNEXA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYOMETRIUM INFARCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PELVIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960899404     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-0029-2     Document Type: Article

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