Normal sonographic anatomy of the posterolateral corner of the knee

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Barker, Robert P ^a   Lee, Justin C ^a   Healy, Jeremiah C ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; MRI; Posterolateral knee; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARCUATE LIGAMENT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; FABELLOFIBULAR LIGAMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT; LATERAL GENICULATE ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPLITEOFIBULAR LIGAMENT; POPLITEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 58149216410     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3743     Document Type: Article

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