Beyond laparoscopy: 3-T magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of posterior cul-de-sac obliteration

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1432-1438

  Manganaro, Lucia ^a   Vittori, Giorgio ^b   Vinci, Valeria ^a   Fierro, Francesca ^a   Tomei, Alessandra ^a   Lodise, Pietro ^a   Sollazzo, Paolo ^a   Sergi, Maria E ^a   Bernardo, Silvia ^a   Ballesio, Laura ^a   Marini, Mario ^a   Porpora, Maria G ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

3T MRI; Chronic female pelvic pain; Endometriosis; PCS and USL implantation

Indexed keywords

3T NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CUL DE SAC OBLITERATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DOUGLAS' POUCH; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868668789     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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