Imaging of lower limb cartilage

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-201

  Omoumi, Patrick ^a,b   Teixeira, Pedro ^a   Delgado, Gonzalo ^c   Chung, Christine B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Cartilage; Hip; Knee; Lower extremity; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTHROGRAPHY; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE INJURY; CHONDROPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEG INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77951725491     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0b013e3181d4426d     Document Type: Review

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