MR imaging of rotator cuff tendon tears: Comparison of T2*-weighted gradient-echo and conventional dual-echo sequences

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1519-1524

  Parsa, Michael ^a,b   Tuite, Michael ^a   Norris, Martha ^a   Orwin, John ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030919813     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.6.9168717     Document Type: Article

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