MRI of the popliteomeniscal fasciculi

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 460-466

  Sakai, Hiroki ^a   Sasho, Takahisa ^a   Wada, Yu Ichi ^a   Sano, Sakae ^a   Iwasaki, Jun Ichi ^a   Morita, Fuminori ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; TENDON;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; TENDONS;

EID: 33644978956     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.0068     Document Type: Article

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