Visualization of ovarian tumors using 3T MR imaging: Diagnostic effectiveness and diffculties

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-178

  Uehara, Tomoko ^a   Takahama, Junko ^b   Marugami, Nagaaki ^b   Takahashi, Aki ^b   Takewa, Megumi ^b   Itoh, Takahiro ^b   Kitano, Satoru ^b   Nakagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Kichikawa, Kimihiko ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3T; MRI; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867873792     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.11.171     Document Type: Article

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