Vacuum phenomenon: Prevalence and appearance in the knee with 3 T magnetic resonance imaging

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1275-1285

  Sakamoto, Flavia A ^a   Winalski, Carl S ^a   Schils, Jean P ^a   Parker, Richard D ^a   Polster, Joshua M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifact; Knee; Meniscus; MRI; Pseudotear; Vacuum phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACT; BONE INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MAGNETISM; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACUUM PHENOMENON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM;

EID: 81855213147     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1192-5     Document Type: Review

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