Musculoskeletal ultrasound and MRI: Which do I choose?

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-149

  Jacobson, Jon A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR); Soft tissues; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

METAL;

CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMICS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; GANGLION CYST; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LIGAMENT INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POPLITEAL CYST; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SUBLUXATION; TENDON DISEASE;

EID: 23244453679     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872339     Document Type: Review

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