Intertarsal ligaments: high resolution MRI and anatomic correlation
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T Rand1, L Frank, M Pretterklieber
1Department of Radiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|August 31, 2000
Abstract:
High resolution MRI was performed on four cadaveric foot specimens of human feet to demonstrate the ligaments of the tarsal joints. Spin echo T1 images were obtained using a local gradient coil that produces 6 G/cm and 100 A in all three axes. The best views for each of the individual ligaments were determined. High resolution MRI potentially can demonstrate most of the intertarsal ligaments.
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