Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 141-157 , April 2007

MRI for Traumatic Knee Injury: A Review

  • Edwin H.G. Oei, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology (ART Program), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Abida Z. Ginai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • M.G. Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology (ART Program), Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to M.G. Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD, Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology (ART Program), and Departments of Radiology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Room Ee21-40a, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.01.003

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 141-157 , April 2007

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