Axial fat-saturated FSE imaging of knee: Appearance of meniscal tears

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 384-395

  Lee, J H Edmund ^a   Singh, T Tejpal ^a   Bolton, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast spin echo; Knee; Knee meniscus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tear, knee meniscus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036939393     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0507-y     Document Type: Article

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