Magnetic resonance imaging of the femoral trochlea: Evaluation of anatomical landmarks and grading articular cartilage in cadaveric knees

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-533

  Muhle, Claus ^a,b   Mo Ahn, Joong ^c   Trudell, Debra ^b   Resnick, Donald ^b  

^a Marienhospital Vechta ^*  (Germany)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Anatomy; Femur; Knee; MRI; Trochlea

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE TISSUE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR TROCHLEA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA STATISTICS; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THICKNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42649142937     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0475-y     Document Type: Article

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