Stable or unstable tear of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee: An MR diagnosis?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-280

  Van Dyck, Pieter ^a   Gielen, Jan L ^a   Vanhoenacker, Filip M ^a,b   Wouters, Kristien ^a   Dossche, Lieven ^a   Parizel, Paul M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AZ St Maarten Duffel/Mechelen ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Articular; Knee; Knee injury; Ligaments; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUPTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861497769     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1169-4     Document Type: Article

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