Contrast-enhanced MRI of the menisci of the knee using ultrashort echo time (UTE) pulse sequences: Imaging of the red and white zones

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 920, 2004, Pages 641-647

  Gatehouse, P D ^a   He, T ^b   Puri, B K ^b   Thomas, R D ^b   Resnick, D ^c   Bydder, G M ^c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4644370568     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/31774546     Document Type: Article

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