Subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head: Magnetic resonance imaging findings correlated with micro-computed tomography and histopathology

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Uetani, Masataka ^a   Hashmi, Rashid ^a   Ito, Masako ^b   Okimoto, Tomoaki ^b   Kawahara, Yasuhiro ^c   Hayashi, Kuniaki ^a   Enomoto, Hiroshi ^a   Shindo, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Femoral head; Insufficiency fracture; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microcomputed tomography

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE;

BONE MARROW; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS; FEMORAL HEADS; INSUFFICIENCY FRACTURE; LOW SIGNAL INTENSITY; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT);

FRACTURE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037714078     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200303000-00015     Document Type: Article

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