CT and MRI evaluation of musculoskeletal infection

Critical Reviews in Diagnostic Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 535-568

  Ma, Loralie D ^a,b   Frassica, Frank J ^a   Bluemke, David A ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulitus; Computed tomography; Fasciitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myositis; Osteomyelitis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABSCESS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES; BONE MARROW; CELLULITIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; MYOSITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031446520     PISSN: 10408371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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