Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 178-184 , February 2010

Orientational analysis of the Achilles tendon and enthesis using an ultrashort echo time spectroscopic imaging sequence

  • Jiang Du

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8756, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 619 471 0519; fax: +1 619 471 0503.
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  • Alan Jing-Tzyh Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8756, USA
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  • Christine B. Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8756, USA
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  • Sheronda Statum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8756, USA
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  • Richard Znamirowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8756, USA
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  • Atsushi Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Global Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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  • Graeme M. Bydder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8756, USA

Received 2 April 2009 ,Revised 10 June 2009 ,Accepted 25 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.06.002

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 178-184 , February 2010

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