Imaging barium-free bone cement.
Prior to 1972, polymethylmethacrylate, or PMMA, did not contain barium sulfate and was, therefore, radiolucent. We describe a technique using magnetic resonance imaging that is very useful in imaging barium-free PMMA.
Fehrman
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Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
McBeath
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DeSmet
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Tuite
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D001466:Barium Sulfate; D001843:Bone Cements; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
D001843:Bone Cements; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D001466:Barium Sulfate