Evaluation of cartilage surface injuries using 3D-double echo steady state (3D-DESS): Effect of changing flip angle from 408 to 908

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1138-1142

  Moriya, Susumu ^a   Miki, Yukio ^b   Kanagaki, Mitsunori ^c   Yamamoto, Akira ^c   Okudaira, Shuzo ^d   Nakamura, Shinichiro ^e   Yokobayashi, Tsuneo ^a   Ishikawa, Mitsunori ^a  

^a Ishikawa Clinic   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Orthopaedics   (Japan)

^e The Center for Musculoskeletal Research   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional double echo steady state (3D DESS); Cartilage; Flip angle; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL-DOUBLE-ECHO STEADY-STATE (3D-DESS); CARTILAGE DAMAGE; CARTILAGE SURFACES; DETECTION RATES; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; FLIP ANGLE; KNEE; MEDIAL FEMORAL CONDYLE; STEADY STATE;

CARTILAGE; DAMAGE DETECTION; ENDOSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155182659     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.110275     Document Type: Article

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