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MRI of the Pelvis

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Clinical MR Imaging

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is now a widely validated technique for the evaluation of pelvic diseases in both men and women. Compared with other techniques such as ultrasound and computed tomography (CT), MRI offers superior image contrast between soft tissues, thus enabling better tissue and disease characterization in the pelvis.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT, UK

    David MacVicar

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  1. Dow-Mu Koh
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  1. Dept. Radiology, Städtisches Klinikum, Moltkestrabe 90, 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Peter Reimer

  2. Dept. of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerpen, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium

    Paul M. Parizel

  3. St. James’ Hospital/Trinity College Dublin, James’s Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

    James F. M. Meaney

  4. Radiologie München Zentrum, Sonnenstr. 17, 80331, München, Germany

    Falko A. Stichnoth

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Koh, DM., MacVicar, D. (2010). MRI of the Pelvis. In: Reimer, P., Parizel, P.M., Meaney, J.F.M., Stichnoth, F.A. (eds) Clinical MR Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74504-4_8

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