MRI of peripheral joints with a low-field dedicated system: A reliable and cost-effective alternative to high-field units?

European Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 561-565

  Kersting Sommerhoff, B ^a   Hof, N ^a   Lenz, M ^a   Gerhardt, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dedicated MR system; Knee; Low field MRI

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ELBOW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARSAL JOINT; WRIST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELBOW JOINT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TARSAL JOINTS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0029688462     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00182495     Document Type: Article

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