Metallic artifacts from internal scaphoid fracture fixation screws: Comparison between C-arm flat-panel, cone-beam, and multidetector computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 532-539

  Finkenstaedt, Tim ^a   Morsbach, Fabian ^a   Calcagni, Maurizio ^b   Vich, Magdalena ^c   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^d   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a   Runge, Val M ^a   Andreisek, Gustav ^a   Guggenberger, Roman ^a  

^a University Hospital Zurich Institut fur Diagnostische Radiologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

computed tomography; cone beam; flat panel; image quality; metal artifacts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE SCREW; C ARM FLAT PANEL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CADAVER; CARTILAGE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNAL FIXATOR; INTERNAL SCAPHOID FRACTURE FIXATION SCREW; LIKERT SCALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOLOGIST; SCAPHOID BONE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; TRABECULAR BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FRACTURES, BONE; INJURIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

METAL;

ARTIFACTS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; METALS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84904052996     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000052     Document Type: Article

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