Chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the lower extremities: Improved screening using a novel dual birdcage coil and in-scanner exercise protocol

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1067-1075

  Litwiller, Daniel V ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^b   Dahm, Diane L ^a   Smith, Jay ^a   Laskowski, Edward R ^a   Stuart, Michael J ^a   Felmlee, Joel P ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic exertional compartment syndrome; Coil design; MRI; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ARTIFACTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34848815315     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0360-0     Document Type: Article

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