Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 54-58 , January 2008

Intrauterine devices and uterine peristalsis: evaluation with MRI

  • Aki Kido

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Tel.: +81 75 391 5811; fax: +81 75 381 4224.
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  • Kaori Togashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Milliam L. Kataoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Asako Nakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Takashi Koyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Shingo Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Received 25 February 2007 ,Accepted 6 June 2007.

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PII: S0730-725X(07)00302-5

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.06.001

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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