Diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression facilitates detection and evaluation of an anterior rib contusion

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 298-301

  Kwee, Thomas C ^a   Takahara, Taro ^a   Niwa, Tetsu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contusion; Costochondral region; Diffusion weighted whole body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS); Musculoskeletal; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CHEST WALL; SIGNAL SUPPRESSION; WHOLE-BODY IMAGING;

DIFFUSION; RESONANCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PERCUSSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ORIENTATION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIBS;

EID: 77954100616     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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