Comparison of sonography and magnetic resonance imaging for spring ligament abnormalities preliminary study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1145-1152

  Harish, Srinivasan ^a,b   Kumbhare, Dinesh ^a,b   O'Neill, John ^a,b   Popowich, Terry ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EFFECTIVE IMAGING; KEY WORDS; MR IMAGING; TENDINOSIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDINITIS;

EID: 48949094962     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.8.1145     Document Type: Article

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