Increased signal intensity in the normal glenoid labrum in MR imaging: Diagnostic pitfalls caused by the magic-angle effect

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-156

  Sasaki, Taisuke ^a   Yodono, Hiraku ^a   Prado, Gerson L M ^a,b   Saito, Yoko ^a   Miura, Hiroyuki ^a   Itabashi, Yoko ^a   Ootsuka, Hironori ^a   Ishibashi, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SPCC Sao Marcos Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artifacts magic angle effect; Glenoid labrum; Magnetic resonance (MR); Shoulder MR MR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER;

EID: 24144503769     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.1.149     Document Type: Article

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