Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 10 , Pages 1000-1008 , October 2009

Prospective comparison of 3D FIESTA versus fat-suppressed 3D SPGR MRI in evaluating knee cartilage lesions

  • X. Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • C. Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • H. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: H. Wu, Department of orthopaedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China. Tel.: +86 13607135780.
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  • K. Daniel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • D. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • L. Xia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • C. Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • A. Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • J. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • L. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • W. Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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  • F. Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China

Received 16 February 2009 ,Revised 9 July 2009 ,Accepted 30 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.07.008

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 10 , Pages 1000-1008 , October 2009

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