Articular cartilage defects: In vitro evaluation of accuracy and interobserver reliability for detection and grading with US

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 846-851

  Disler, David C ^a   Raymond, Eric ^a   May, David A ^a   Wayne, Jennifer S ^a,b   McCauley, Thomas R ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Animals; Knee, injuries; Knee, ligaments, menisci, and cartilage; Knee, US; Specimens; Ultrasound (US), experimental studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034094969     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.3.r00jn20846     Document Type: Article

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