Articular cartilage of the knee: Evaluation with fluctuating equilibrium MR imaging - Initial experience in healthy volunteers

Radiology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 712-718

  Gold, Garry E ^a   Hargreaves, Brian A ^b   Vasanawala, Shreyas S ^a   Webb, Joshua D ^b   Shimakawa, Ann S ^c   Brittain, Jean H ^c   Beaulieu, Christopher F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CARTILAGE FLUID; CARTILAGE VISIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAT SUPPRESSION; FEMALE; FLUCTUATING EQUILIBRIUM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; KNEE CARTILAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO EFFICIENCY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPOILED GRADIENT RECALLED ACQUISITION IN THE STEADY STATE; TISSUE WATER; TWO DIMENSIONAL FAST SPIN ECHO; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 31144467037     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2381042183     Document Type: Article

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