Postmortem imaging exposed: An aid in MR imaging of musculoskeletal structures

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 467-472

  Van Der Made, A D ^a   Maas, M ^a   Beenen, L F M ^a   Oostra, R J ^a   Kerkhoffs, G M M J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image quality; Magnetic resonance imaging; Musculoskeletal; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84879692774     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-012-1515-1     Document Type: Article

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