Meniscal tears of the knee: Accuracy of detection with fast spin-echo MR imaging and arthroscopic correlation in 293 patients

Radiology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 508-512

  Cheung, Luke P ^a,b   Li, King C P ^a   Hollett, Michael D ^a   Bergman, A Gabrielle ^a   Herfkens, Robert J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neonatal Intensive Care Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee, abnormalities; Knee, ligaments, menisci, and cartilage; Knee, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030992209     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.203.2.9114113     Document Type: Article

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