Magnetic resonance delineation of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee: Flexed knee position within a surface coil

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Lee, Sang Yang ^a,b   Matsui, Nobuzo ^b   Yoshida, Kazuya ^a   Doi, Ryoichi ^c   Matsushima, Shinji ^a   Wakami, Tomoaki ^a   Fujii, Masahiko ^b   Yoshiya, Shinichi ^b   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^b   Yamamoto, Tetsuji ^b  

^a AKASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Wadayama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee anatomy; Knee flexion; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surface coil

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL); MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) DELINEATION; SURFACE COILS;

LIGAMENTS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE;

EID: 20044368008     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2004.04.024     Document Type: Article

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