Three-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging of the meniscus of the knee: What about equivocal errors?

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-301

  Van Dyck, Pieter ^a   Vanhoenacker, Filip M ^a,b   Gielen, Jan L ^a   Dossche, Lieven ^a   Weyler, Joost ^c   Parizel, Paul M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AZ St Maarten Duffel/Mechelen ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Joints; Knee; MR imaging; Skeletal, appendicular; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; KNEE MENISCUS; MEDICAL RECORD; MENISCAL TEARS; MR IMAGES; MR IMAGING; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ENDOSCOPY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MAGNETISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749274198     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903515403     Document Type: Article

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