Evaluation of bone cortex and cartilage of spondyloarthropathic sacroiliac joint. Efficiency of different fat-saturated MRI sequences (T1-weighted, 3D-FLASH, and 3D-DESS)

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1292-1298

  Algin, Oktay ^a   Gokalp, Gokhan ^b   Ocakoglu, Gokhan ^b  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Pulse sequences; Sacroiliac joint; Sacroiliitis; Three dimensional (3D)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SCLEROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956466279     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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