In vivo high-resolution MR imaging of the carpal tunnel at 8.0 tesla

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 445-450

  Farooki, Shella ^a,b   Ashman, Carol J ^a   Yu, Joseph S ^c   Abduljalil, Amir ^d   Chakeres, Donald ^c  

^a Riverside Radiological Associates   (United States)

^b The Ohio State Univ Med Center ^*  (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Advanced Biomed Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; High resolution MR imaging; High field MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tendon; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY POSTURE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDIAN NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIAN NERVE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0036934894     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0506-z     Document Type: Article

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