MR imaging of the knee

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-67

  Miller, Theodore T ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 T imaging; ACL injury; Cartilage imaging; DGEMRIC; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Meniscal injury; MOCART; T2 mapping; Tip

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BONE GRAFT; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

EID: 61849182480     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3181974353     Document Type: Review

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