title: Imaging of the diabetic foot. Emphasis on nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Diabetes mellitus affects approximately 5% of the population in the United States. In the United States alone, as many as 50,000 amputations are performed each year for vascular insufficiency or osteomyelitis in diabetic patients. In each case, foot disease is multifactorial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Loredo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Metter
mesh_terms: D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging