title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the shoulder anatomy.
abstract: Magnetic Resonance represents the best method for shoulder study, since it enables us to emphasize all the parts making part of this area thanks to high anatomical details and a comprehensive view of it. Conventional radiographic techniques provide only limited evaluation of soft-tissue anatomy; ultrasonography, on the other hand, allows the visualization of tendons, synovial spaces and muscle fascicles but it is shown to be unfit above all for osseous structure evaluation: TC, finally, is not being employed at present in shoulder study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Firenza.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gabbrielli
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fiumicelli
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bartolini
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zini
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capaccioli
mesh_terms: D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D013710:Tendons / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology