Endometriosis: The role of magnetic resonance imaging

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 355-367

  Saba, Luca ^a   Sulcis, Rosa ^a   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a   De Cecco, Carlo Nicola ^b   Laghi, Andrea ^b   Piga, Mario ^a   Guerriero, Stefano ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; gynecology; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GYNECOLOGY; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; POWERFUL SYSTEMS; STATE OF THE ART; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TISSUE SIGNALS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANUS; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; RECTUM; SACRUM; SCIATIC NERVE; SIGMOID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URETER; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; VAGINA; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 84928429533     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185114526086     Document Type: Article

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