Tendon Imaging

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-55

  Read, John W ^a   Peduto, Anthony J ^b  

^a Castlereagh Sports Imaging   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Tendon disorders; Tendon imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002707999     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-200008010-00004     Document Type: Review

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