High-Resolution Sonography of the Triangular Fibrocartilage: Initial Experience and Correlation with MRI and Arthroscopic Findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-336

  Keogh, Ciaran F ^a   Wong, Anthony D ^a   Wells, Neil J ^a   Barbarie, John E ^a   Cooperberg, Peter L ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE TEAR; ULNA; WRIST; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 1642487620     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820333     Document Type: Article

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