Differentiation between grade 3 and grade 4 articular cartilage defects of the knee: Fat-suppressed proton density-weighted versus fat-suppressed three-dimensional gradient-echo MRI

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-461

  Lee, So Yeon ^a   Jee, Won Hee ^a   Kim, Sun Ki ^a   Koh, In Jun ^b   Kim, Jung Man ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Imaging sequences; Knee; MRI

Indexed keywords

3D GRADIENTS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DEFECTS; CARTILAGE DEFECTS; EXACT TESTS; GRADIENT ECHO; IMAGING SEQUENCE; MEDIAL FEMORAL CONDYLE; MR IMAGES; PROTON DENSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

CARTILAGE; DEFECTS; ENDOSCOPY; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTONS; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77951010623     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841851003662772     Document Type: Article

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