Delineation of alar ligament morphology: Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 and 3 tesla

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, Peter ^a   Mayer, Thomas E ^a   Drescher, Robert ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871160760     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20121023-22     Document Type: Article

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