High-resolution MRI of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) at 3T: Comparison of surface coil and volume coil

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 701-707

  Bittersohl, Bernd ^a   Huang, Thomas ^a   Schneider, Erika ^b   Blazar, Philip ^a   Winalski, Carl ^c   Lang, Philipp ^a   Yoshioka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Brigham and Women's Hospital ^*

Author keywords

3 tesla; High resolution; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Surface coil; Triangular fibrocartilage complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; VOLUNTEER; ARTIFACT; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE;

EID: 35248827779     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21077     Document Type: Article

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