title: Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and radionuclide bone imaging of vertebral fractures.
abstract: The following report summarizes the authors' initial experience with detecting and aging vertebral fractures in elderly patients with osteoporosis, emphasizing the use of an inversion recovery sequence with a short time to inversion (STIR) and comparing these results to that achieved using RBI.
authors: Sinai Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Wiener
authors: D R
authors: DR
authors: Neumann
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Rzeszotarski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate