Diagnostic and interventional MRI of the sacroiliac joints using a 1.5-T open-bore magnet: A one-stop-shopping approach

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1717-1724

  Fritz, Jan ^b,c   Henes, Jörg C ^c   Thomas, Christoph ^c   Clasen, Stephan ^c   Fenchel, Michael ^c   Claussen, Claus D ^c   Lewin, Jonathan S ^a,b   Pereira, Philippe L ^c  

^a Interventional Imaging Inc

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthrography; Diagnostic MRI; Interventional MRI; Lower back pain; MR guidance; Sacroiliac joints

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; ROPIVACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149115014     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1075     Document Type: Article

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