Future directions in MR imaging of the female pelvis.
New technology continues to change the field of MR imaging. This article describes select areas of technical development that are likely to have an increasing clinical impact on MR imaging of the female pelvis, including high-field imaging, parallel imaging, contrast agents, diffusion-weighted imaging and spectroscopy, and MR-guided intervention.
Brown
Michèle A
MA
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8756, USA. m9brown@ucsd.edu
Martin
Diego R
DR
Semelka
Richard C
RC
D016477:Artifacts; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods
D003287:Contrast Media