Optimizing MRI for imaging peripheral arthritis

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 367-376

  Hodgson, Richard J ^a   O'Connor, Philip J ^a   Ridgway, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arthritis; MRI; techniques

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTIFACT; BONE MARROW; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TENDON;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTIFACTS; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TENDONS;

EID: 84870299279     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1329880     Document Type: Article

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