The "penumbra sign" on T1-weighted MRI for differentiating musculoskeletal infection from tumour

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 417-421

  McGuinness, Ben ^a   Wilson, N ^a   Doyle, A J ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone infection; MRI; Osteomyelitis; Penumbra sign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BONE TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

BONE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947667431     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0267-1     Document Type: Article

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