Detection of dysbaric osteonecrosis in military divers using magnetic resonance imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 368-375

  Bolte, Hendrik ^a   Koch, A ^b   Tetzlaff, K ^b   Bettinghausen, E ^b   Heller, M ^a   Reuter, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b Schiffahrtmedizinisches Institut der Marine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caisson disease; Decompression sickness; Diving; Dybaric osteonecrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; DIVER; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OSTEONECROSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 12544251236     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2452-8     Document Type: Article

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