Noncontrast MR Techniques and Imaging of Cartilage

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-504

  Koff, Mathew F ^a   Potter, Hollis G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Noncontrast MRI; T1 rho; T2 mapping; Ultrashort TE imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

CARTILAGE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELASTIC CARTILAGE; FIBROCARTILAGE; HIP; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MENISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 63649092968     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2009.01.004     Document Type: Review

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