Evaluation of the triangular fibrocartilage and the scapholunate and lunotriquetral ligaments in cadavers with low-field- strength extremity-only magnet: Comparison of available imaging sequences and macroscopic findings

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 401-406

  Ahn, Joong Mo ^a   Brown, Robert R ^a   Kwak, Sandy M ^a   Kang, Heung Sik ^b   Muhle, Claus ^a   Botte, Michael J ^a   Trudell, Debra ^a   Haghighi, Parviz ^a   Resnick, Donald ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ligament; Magnetic resonance imaging; Triangular fibrocartilage; Wrist

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAGNET; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0342424712     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199807000-00004     Document Type: Article

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