MR imaging truncation artifacts can create a false laminar appearance in cartilage

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 547-554

  Frank, Lawrence R ^a,b   Brossmann, Joachim ^b   Buxton, Richard B ^b   Resnick, Donald ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CARTILAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0031033242     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.2.9016245     Document Type: Article

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