High-resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging on a Standard Field-strength Magnetic Resonance System Compared to Arthroscopy in Patients with Suspected Meniscal Tears

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 928-933

  Nemec, Stefan Franz ^a   Marlovits, Stefan ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a   Matzek, Wolfgang ^a   Mayerhoefer, Marius E ^a   Krestan, Christian Robert ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

conventional MRI; high resolution MRI; Meniscal tear of the knee joint; surface coil

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47749147276     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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