Magnetic Resonance Arthrography

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-494

  Chundru, Usha ^a   Riley, Geoffrey M ^b,c,d,e   Steinbach, Lynne S ^b  

^a Insight Imaging San Francisco   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c East Bay Medical Imaging   (United States)

^d Insight Imaging Pleasanton   (United States)

^e Insight Imaging Hayward   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrography; Direct arthrography; Joint; MR arthrography; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GADOLINIUM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ALLERGY; ANKLE; ARTHROGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; ELBOW; FLUOROSCOPY; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT OF HEAD OF FEMUR; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; WRIST;

ARTHROGRAPHY; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 63849203027     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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