MRI of the knee ligaments and menisci: Comparison of isotropic-resolution 3D and conventional 2D fast spin-echo sequences at 3 T

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 442-450

  Subhas, Naveen ^a   Kao, Amy ^a   Freire, Maxime ^a   Polster, Joshua M ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a   Winalski, Carl S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Fast spin echo; Knee; MRI

Indexed keywords

2D FAST SPIN ECHO SEQUENCE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION 3D MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79960707998     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5709     Document Type: Article

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