Advances in musculoskeletal MRI: Technical considerations

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 775-787

  Shapiro, Lauren ^a   Harish, Monica ^a   Hargreaves, Brian ^a   Staroswiecki, Ernesto ^a,b   Gold, Garry ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cartilage mapping; high field imaging; isotropic imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; metallic implants; phased array coils

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KINEMATICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES;

EID: 84866361240     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23629     Document Type: Review

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