How to image metal-on-metal prostheses and their complications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 558-567

  Ostlere, Simon ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Complications; Hip; Imaging; Metal on metal prostheses; Prostheses; Resurfacing; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDOTUMOR; REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80052191302     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6840     Document Type: Review

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