Detection of articular cartilage lesions: Experimental evaluation of low- and high-field-strength MR imaging at 0.18 and 1.0 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 678-685

  Woertler, Klaus ^a   Strothmann, Marc ^a   Tombach, Bernd ^a   Reimer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage, MR; Joints, MR; Knee, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies; Magnetic resonance (MR), low field strength imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0034042418     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200006)11:6<678::AID-JMRI15>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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