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MRI of the Knee

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On MR imaging of the knee, the most important vascular and nervous structures that are identified are the popliteal neurovascular bundle and the common peroneal nerve. However, several structures around the knee are vascularized or innervated by arteries or nerves that are not within the field of view of a normal knee MRI examination. The vascularization and innervation of the knee structures are detailed in Table 10.1.

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  1. Phoenix Diagnostic Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Nicolae V. Bolog MD, PhD, MS

  2. Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Gustav Andreisek MD, MBA & Erika J. Ulbrich MD

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Bolog, N.V., Andreisek, G., Ulbrich, E.J. (2015). Arteries and Nerves. In: MRI of the Knee. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08165-6_10

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