Comparison of fat-saturation fast spin echo versus conventional spin-echo MRI in the detection of rotator cuff pathology

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 674-677

  Needell, Steven D ^a   Zlatkin, Michael B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast spin echo; MRI; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031412996     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070411     Document Type: Article

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