MR imaging of the rotator cuff

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-60

  Kassarjian, Ara ^a   Bencardino, Jenny T ^b   Palmer, William E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TENDON INJURY;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME;

EID: 1842454312     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2004.01.006     Document Type: Review

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