Is dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI useful for assessing proximal fragment vascularity in scaphoid fracture delayed and non-union?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 983-992

  Ng, Alex W H ^a   Griffith, James F ^a   Taljanovic, Mihra S ^b   Li, Alvin ^a   Tse, W L ^a   Ho, P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BANNER HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion; Scaphoid; Wrist

Indexed keywords

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878606577     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-013-1627-2     Document Type: Article

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