MR imaging of the meniscus

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1081-1094

  Anderson, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARTILAGE DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

EID: 0036759236     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(02)00050-7     Document Type: Review

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