Diagnostic Comparison of 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla Preoperative MRI of the Wrist in Patients With Ulnar-Sided Wrist Pain

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1153-1159

  Anderson, Meredith L ^a   Skinner, John A ^a   Felmlee, Joel P ^a   Berger, Richard A ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; ulna; wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNATE BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; WRIST ARTHROSCOPY; WRIST DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249134927     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.02.028     Document Type: Article

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