MRI of the foot for suspected osteomyelitis: Improving radiology reports for orthopaedic surgeons

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Liu, Patrick T ^a   Dorsey, Michelle L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot; MRI; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM; INDIUM 111; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

BONE SCINTISCANNING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 35148842064     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984416     Document Type: Review

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