CT and MR imaging findings in athletes with early tibial stress injuries: Comparison with bone scintigraphy findings and emphasis on cortical abnormalities

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 553-561

  Gaeta, Michele ^a   Minutoli, Fabio ^a   Scribano, Emanuele ^a   Ascenti, Giorgio ^a   Vinci, Sergio ^a   Bruschetta, Daniele ^a   Magaudda, Ludovico ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE MARROW; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17644395301     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2352040406     Document Type: Article

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