%0 Journal Article %T Resonancia magn¨¦tica de rodilla: Estudio comparativo entre secuencia Spin Echo Volum¨¦trica y tradicional de corte grueso %A Dinamarca O %A V¨ªctor %A Schiappacasse F %A Giancarlo %A Tarsetti C %A Fabiola %A Castro F %A Aldo %A Valderrama J %A Carlos %J Revista chilena de radiolog¨ªa %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-93082011000100003 %X the development of new mri technologies has favoured the use of sequences that significantly improve the spatial resolution of this imaging method, thus yielding thin-section images that allow volumetric analysis. we present our experience at cl¨ªnica vespucio related to a routine knee mri protocol, performed on 45 patients who underwent conventional proton density-weighted spin-echo sequence (pdfs) 3-mm section thickness along with proton density-weighted sequence of 1.2- mm thin-section, both with fat suppression technique. in most cases, the thin-section pdfs allows a better anatomical characterization of lesions, particularly meniscal and condral injuries, with a minimum increase in image acquisition time. %K thin-section %K knee %K mri. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-93082011000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en