Pitfalls of wrist MR imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 643-662

  Malone, W James ^a   Snowden, Robert ^a   Alvi, Fozail ^a   Klena, Joel C ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal boss; Lunate avascular necrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Triangular fibrocartilage; Ulnar abutment; Wrist ligaments

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; CAPITOLUNATE ANGLE; CARPAL BOSS; CARPAL CYST; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CARTILAGE INJURY; CYST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GUYON CANAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIENBOECK DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIUS; REVIEW; SCAPHOLUNATE ANGLE; STATIC CARPAL INSTABILITY; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE TEAR; ULNA; ULNAR ABUTMENT; ULNAR IMPACTION SYNDROME; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST; WRIST DISEASE; WRIST INJURY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WRIST;

EID: 78649508595     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2010.07.004     Document Type: Review

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