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Comparison of SPECT Bone Scintigraphy With MRI for Diagnosis of Meniscal Tears
Methods: Between January 2003 and March 2004, sixteen patients were studied with both modalities and the accuracy rates of SPECT scan results, and MRI findings in the diagnosis of meniscal tears ...
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Connective tissue injury in calf muscle tears and return to play: MRI correlation
Objective The aim of our study was to assess a group of patients with calf muscle tears and evaluate the integrity of the connective tissue boundaries and interfaces. Further, we propose a novel MRI ...
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Patient symptom information enhances MRI accuracy for lumbar spine diagnosis
Knowing a patient's symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North ...
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MRI bone marrow oedema precedes lumbar bone stress injury diagnosis in junior elite cricket fast bowlers
Objectives Lumbar bone stress injury (‘bone stress injury’) is common in junior fast bowlers. The repetitive loading of cricket fast bowling may cause bone marrow oedema (BMO), detectable on MRI, ...
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Comparison of SPECT Bone Scintigraphy With MRI for Diagnosis of Meniscal Tears
Overall there were only four false-negative SPECT scans. MRI detected 17 tears ( table 4). However one of them was false positive. Two meniscal tears were missed by MRI. Among the tears detected ...