Musculoskeletal sonography: Important imaging pitfalls

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 216-225

  Jamadar, David A ^a   Robertson, Brian L ^a   Jacobson, Jon A ^a   Girish, Gandikota ^a   Sabb, Brian J ^a   Jiang, Yebin ^a   Morag, Yoav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal; Pitfalls; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ANISOTROPY; ANKLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALCIFICATION; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIATION; DORSAL ROOT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FLEXOR TENDON; FOOT; FOREARM; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; HUMERUS; KNEE; LIGAMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYALGIA; NERVE COMPRESSION; OSSIFICATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SHOULDER; SYNOVIAL BURSA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TENDON; TENDON LESION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; THIGH; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSDUCER; VALGUS KNEE; WRIST;

ANISOTROPY; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 74749097617     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2712     Document Type: Review

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