Impact of successive freezing-thawing cycles on 3-T magnetic resonance images of the digits of isolated equine limbs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 780-790

  Bolen, Géraldine E ^a   Haye, Dimitri ^a   Dondelinger, Robert F ^a   Massart, Laurent ^a   Busoni, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREFOOT; FREEZING; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOFT TISSUE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; FOOT; FORELIMB; FREEZING; HORSES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY, VETERINARY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79958048268     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.6.780     Document Type: Article

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