title: Advanced Imaging of the Scapula: What Every Radiologist Needs to Know.
abstract: The scapula plays a central role in shoulder motion and stability. A wide variety of anatomic variants as well as traumatic, neoplastic, and infectious pathologies can involve the scapula. Detection of scapular lesions using radiography can be challenging because of the obscuration by the overlying structures or incomplete imaging during shoulder magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography examinations. Familiarity with imaging characteristics of these abnormalities will allow radiologists to better diagnose and characterize scapular disorders.
authors.affiliation: From the *Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions; and Departments of †Orthopedic Surgery and ‡Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mazaheri
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fayad
authors.forename: Elliot K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: Shadpour
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demehri
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods; D012540:Scapula / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*