MR imaging insights into skeletal maturation: What is normal?

Radiology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-38

  Laor, Tal ^a   Jaramillo, Diego ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BONE DISEASE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MARROW; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; METAPHYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYALINE CARTILAGE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYALINE CARTILAGE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149340518     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2501071322     Document Type: Review

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