Can diffusion-weighted imaging be used to differentiate benign from pathologic fractures? a meta-analysis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 791-795

  Karchevsky, Michael ^a   Babb, James S ^b   Schweitzer, Mark E ^b  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MRI; MRI; Pathological fractures; Spine; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE METASTASIS; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 48549105514     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0503-y     Document Type: Article

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