Tendon and ligament imaging

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1016, 2012, Pages 1157-1172

  Hodgson, Richard ^a   O'Connor, P J ^a   Grainger, A J ^a  

^a CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; PROTEOGLYCAN; WATER;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGE; ANISOTROPY; BONE ATROPHY; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CALCANEUS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; QUADRICEPS TENDON; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPORT INJURY; SYNOVIUM; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON SHEATH; TENOSYNOVITIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRIPLE HELIX;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 84864861825     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/34786470     Document Type: Review

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