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A Novel Application of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging
Published on: September 17, 2013
Musculoskeletal ultrasound: an update
T C Winter1, S A Teefey, W D Middleton
1Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical Center, Madison 53792-3252, USA.
Abstract:
In summary, musculoskeletal sonography is a rapidly growing field of interest around the world. Outside of America, it is often the first and definitive imaging modality fordisorders of the musculoskeletal system. Musculoskeletal ultrasound offers rapid, inexpensive, real-time examination of the structures of interest with easy comparison to the contralateral side. Principles of one area of musculoskeletal sonography easily generalize to other areas.
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