Shoulder MRI: What do we miss?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 577-584

  Polster, Joshua M ^a   Schickendantz, Mark S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive capsulitis; Biceps sling; Biceps tendon; Cartilage; Labrum

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; HUMERUS HEAD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER DISEASE; TENODESIS; TENOTOMY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; JOINT DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER JOINT;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

EID: 77956862484     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4683     Document Type: Review

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