General principles.
This article outlines basic bone structure and physiology, reviews the fundamental concepts of bone injury, briefly correlates bone edema patterns with mechanism of injury, and finally reviews magnetic resonance imaging during fracture healing.
Macmahon
Peter
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Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Eustace
Stephen J
SJ
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging