title: Imaging techniques, normal variations, and diagnostic pitfalls in shoulder magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Various techniques available for performing shoulder MR imaging and methods for optimizing technical performance of shoulder MR examinations are reviewed. Anatomic variations and diagnostic pitfalls that may be encountered on MR images of the shoulder and how these variations may be distinguished from pathology are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mirowitz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology