Magnetic resonance imaging of superficial cartilage lesions: Role of contrast in lesion detection

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-182

  Mosher, Timothy J ^a   Pruett, Steven W ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Fibrillation; Joints; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWINE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0032796073     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199908)10:2<178::AID-JMRI11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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