MR Imaging of Muscle Injury

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 757-773

  Shelly, Martin J ^a   Hodnett, Philip A ^a   MacMahon, Peter J ^a   Moynagh, Michael R ^a   Kavanagh, Eoin C ^a   Eustace, Stephen J ^a,b,c,d  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b CAPPAGH NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d University College Dublin ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Avulsion injury; MR imaging; Muscle edema; Muscle injury; Myositis ossificans; Myotendinous junction

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; AVULSION INJURY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIPID STORAGE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE HEMATOMA; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE TUMOR; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 70350611239     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2009.06.012     Document Type: Review

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