Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and radionuclide bone imaging of vertebral fractures.
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.
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Sinai Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
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Rzeszotarski
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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*
D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate