MR Imaging of the Rotator Cuff

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-523

  Kassarjian, Ara ^a   Bencardino, Jenny T ^b   Palmer, William E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TENDONS;

EID: 33745741436     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2006.04.005     Document Type: Review

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