MRI of the popliteomeniscal fasciculi.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to further our understanding of the normal appearance of the popliteomeniscal fasciculi (PMF) on MRI after the determination of finely tuned imaging parameters. For this purpose we performed the study in two stages. Stage I was to determine suitable parameters for depicting the popliteomeniscal fasciculi. Stage II was to classify the "normal" image.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings presented in this article will contribute to the understanding of the normal appearance of the popliteomeniscal fasciculi on MRI, and of the degree of variation of this structure among the population.
Sakai
Hiroki
H
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677 Japan.
Sasho
Takahisa
T
Wada
Yu-Ichi
Y
Sano
Sakae
S
Iwasaki
Jun-Ichi
J
Morita
Fuminori
F
Moriya
Hideshige
H
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000033:anatomy & histology