Sonography of plantar plates in cadavers: Correlation with MRI and histology

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 948-955

  Gregg, Julie M ^a,b   Silberstein, Morry ^b   Schneider, Timothy ^c   Kerr, Jeffrey B ^b   Marks, Paul ^a,b  

^a Avenue Hospital   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Melbourne Orthopaedic Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibrocartilage; Foot; Instability; Metatarsophalangeal; MRI; Musculoskeletal imaging; Plantar plate; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURGEON; ADULT; AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33646903475     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1481     Document Type: Article

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