High-field magnetic resonance imaging of meniscoids in the zygapophyseal joints of the human cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 244-248

  Friedrich, Klaus M ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a   Millington, Steven A ^a   Friedrich, Martin ^b   Großschmidt, Karl ^a   Pretterklieber, Michael L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Orthopedic Hospital of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meniscoids; Synovial folds; Zygapophyseal joints

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CERVICAL SPINE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MENISCOID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIUM; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33846273481     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000251952.36735.fb     Document Type: Article

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