Can magnetic resonance imaging at 3.0-Tesla reliably detect patients with endometriosis? Initial results

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1051-1058

  Thomeer, Maarten G ^a   Steensma, Anneke B ^a   Van Santbrink, Evert J ^a   Willemssen, Francois E ^a   Wielopolski, Piotr A ^a   Hunink, Myriam G ^a   Spronk, Sandra ^a   Laven, Joop S ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3.0 Tesla; Endometriosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; DEVICES; NETHERLANDS; OVARIAN DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NETHERLANDS; OVARIAN DISEASES; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903644696     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12290     Document Type: Article

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