The rope ladder: An uncommon artifact and potential pitfall in MR arthrography of the shoulder

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 947-950

  Gückel, Claudius ^a   Nidecker, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MRI Institute Rebgasse   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 1842408355     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.4.9124146     Document Type: Article

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