Magnetic resonance imaging of anatomical variations in the knee. Part 1: Ligamentous and musculotendinous

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1161-1173

  Tyler, Philippa ^a,b   Datir, Abhijit ^c   Saifuddin, Asif ^a,d  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee anatomy; Ligament; MRI; Normal variant; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY POPLITEUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARCUATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIFURCATED POPLITEUS; FABELLO FIBULAR LIGAMENT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT OF HUMPHREY; LIGAMENT OF WRISBERG; MENISCO FEMORAL LIGAMENT; MENISCO FIBULAR LIGAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OBLIQUE MENISCO MENISCAL LIGAMENT; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; POPLITEO FIBULAR LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS TENDON; REVIEW; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; TENDON; THREE BUNDLE POPLITEUS TENDON; TRANSVERSE INTERMENISCAL LIGAMENT;

HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 78549276489     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0870-z     Document Type: Review

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