Ultrashort TE MRI: Usefulness after percutaneous vertebroplasty.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of clinical 3-T ultrashort TE MRI for the visualization of bone cement after percutaneous vertebroplasty.


CONCLUSIONS
Ultrashort TE MRI is useful for evaluating the volume of cement injected at percutaneous vertebroplasty and the presence of cement that has leaked into paraspinal soft tissues and disk spaces.
Department of Clinical Radiology, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
Akio
A
Hiwatashi
Takashi
T
Yoshiura
Koji
K
Yamashita
Hironori
H
Kamano
Hiroshi
H
Honda
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001843:Bone Cements; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000379:methods*
D001843:Bone Cements