MR diagnosis of posterior root tears of the lateral meniscus using arthroscopy as the reference standard

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 480-486

  De Smet, Arthur A ^a   Blankenbaker, Donna G ^a   Kijowski, Richard ^a   Graf, Ben K ^a   Shinki, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Meniscus anatomy; Meniscus tear; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59349113582     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1300     Document Type: Article

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