3-Tesla imaging of the wrist and hand: Techniques and applications

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-237

  Amrami, Kimberly K ^a   Felmlee, Joel P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

High field MRI; Ligament; TFCC; Wrist

Indexed keywords

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE EROSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FIBROCARTILAGE; GANGLION CYST; HAND DISEASE; HAND INJURY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGAMENT; LUNOTRIQUETRAL LIGAMENT; NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCAPHOLUNATE INTEROSSEOUS LIGAMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOFT TISSUE; SYNOVITIS; TENDINITIS; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL TESLA MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WRIST DISEASE; WRIST INJURY; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 51649096465     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083106     Document Type: Review

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