Meniscal tear configurations: Categorization with 3D isotropic turbo spin-echo MRI compared with conventional MRI at 3 T

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Jung, Joon Yong ^a   Jee, Won Hee ^a   Park, Michael Y ^a   Lee, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Jung Man ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D isotropic MRI; Categorization; Flap tear; Knee; Meniscal tear; SPACE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUCKET HANDLE TEAR; COMPLEX TEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLAP TEAR; HORIZONTAL TEAR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LONGITUDINAL TEAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBLIQUE TEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL TEAR; ROOT TEAR; SAMPLING PERFECTION WITH APPLICATION OPTIMIZED CONTRASTS USING DIFFERENT FLIP ANGLE EVOLUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ISOTROPIC TURBO SPIN ECHO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862974760     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6979     Document Type: Article

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