Fig. 3

Fertile female patient aged 44 years old. a, b Sagittal and axial T2WI of the uterus showing posterior wall submucous fibroid [F] with low T2 SI measuring about 3 × 3.5 × 3 cm (ApxTrxHt). c ASL gray scale map and d ASL color map with the ROIs placed in the anterior uterine wall (negative wall:n), posterior uterine wall (positive wall: p), fibroid (f), and the gluteus maximus muscle (m). In this case, the perfusion of the positive wall was 486, of the negative wall was 647, and of the fibroid was 476 denoting that the perfusion was lower in the positive wall than the negative wall and the perfusion of the fibroid was less than both positive and negative uterine walls