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Title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis: initial experience

Abstract

The potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was evaluated in 21 female subjects: seven volunteers, 12 patients scanned for reasons unrelated to the lower genitourinary tract, and two patients referred with gynecologic disease. The uterus at several stages was examined; the premenarcheal uterus (one patient), the uterus of reproductive age (12 patients), the postmenopausal uterus (two patients), and in an 8 week pregnancy (one patient). The myometrium and cyclic endometrium in the reproductive age separated by a low-intensity line (probably stratum basale), which allows recognition of changes in thickness of the cyclic endometrium during the menstrual cycle. The corpus uteri can be distinguished from the cervix by the transitional zone of the isthmus. The anatomic relation of the uterus to bladder and rectum is easily outlined. The vagina can be distinguished from the cervix, and the anatomic display of the closely apposed bladder, vagina, and rectum is clear on axial and coronal images. The ovary is identified; the signal intensity from the ovary depends on the acquisition parameter used. Uterine leiomyoma, endometriosis, and dermoid cyst were depicted, but further experience is needed to ascertain the specificity of the findings.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California School of Medicine, San Francisco
OSTI Identifier:
5076151
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 141:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; BLADDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FEMALE GENITALS; OVARIES; PELVIS; RECTUM; UTERUS; ANATOMY; MENSTRUATION DISORDERS; WOMEN; ANIMALS; BODY; BODY AREAS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GONADS; INTESTINES; LARGE INTESTINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAMMALS; MAN; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RESONANCE; URINARY TRACT; VERTEBRATES; 550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)

Citation Formats

Hricak, H, Alpers, C, Crooks, L E, and Sheldon, P E. Magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis: initial experience. United States: N. p., 1983. Web. doi:10.2214/ajr.141.6.1119.
Hricak, H, Alpers, C, Crooks, L E, & Sheldon, P E. Magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis: initial experience. United States. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.141.6.1119
Hricak, H, Alpers, C, Crooks, L E, and Sheldon, P E. 1983. "Magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis: initial experience". United States. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.141.6.1119.
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title = {Magnetic resonance imaging of the female pelvis: initial experience},
author = {Hricak, H and Alpers, C and Crooks, L E and Sheldon, P E},
abstractNote = {The potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was evaluated in 21 female subjects: seven volunteers, 12 patients scanned for reasons unrelated to the lower genitourinary tract, and two patients referred with gynecologic disease. The uterus at several stages was examined; the premenarcheal uterus (one patient), the uterus of reproductive age (12 patients), the postmenopausal uterus (two patients), and in an 8 week pregnancy (one patient). The myometrium and cyclic endometrium in the reproductive age separated by a low-intensity line (probably stratum basale), which allows recognition of changes in thickness of the cyclic endometrium during the menstrual cycle. The corpus uteri can be distinguished from the cervix by the transitional zone of the isthmus. The anatomic relation of the uterus to bladder and rectum is easily outlined. The vagina can be distinguished from the cervix, and the anatomic display of the closely apposed bladder, vagina, and rectum is clear on axial and coronal images. The ovary is identified; the signal intensity from the ovary depends on the acquisition parameter used. Uterine leiomyoma, endometriosis, and dermoid cyst were depicted, but further experience is needed to ascertain the specificity of the findings.},
doi = {10.2214/ajr.141.6.1119},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5076151}, journal = {AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 141:6,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1983},
month = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1983}
}