Comparison of 1.5T and 3T MRI scanners in evaluation of acute bone stress in the foot

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 128
• Main Authors: Sormaala, Markus J, Ruohola, Juha-Petri, Mattila, Ville M, Koskinen, Seppo K, Pihlajamäki, Harri K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.06.2011; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accuracy; Age; Ankle; Biomechanical Phenomena; Bone marrow; Bones; Differential diagnosis; Edema; Edema - diagnosis; Edema - pathology; Equipment Design; Feet; Finland; Foot; Foot Bones - diagnostic imaging; Foot Bones - injuries; Foot Bones - pathology; Foot diseases; Foot Injuries - diagnosis; Foot Injuries - diagnostic imaging; Foot Injuries - pathology; Fractures; Fractures, Stress - diagnosis; Fractures, Stress - diagnostic imaging; Fractures, Stress - pathology; Humans; Inflammation; Injuries; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - instrumentation; Male; Military Personnel; Military service; Musculoskeletal diseases; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Observer Variation; Occupational Diseases - diagnosis; Occupational Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Occupational Diseases - pathology; Pain; Patients; Physiological aspects; Predictive Value of Tests; Radiography; Reproducibility of Results; Scanners; Stress, Mechanical; Young Adult; Finland

Bone stress injuries are common in athletes and military recruits. Only a minority of bone stress changes are available on plain radiographs. Acute bone stress is often visible on MRI as bone marrow edema, which is also seen in many other disease processes such as malignancies, inflammatory conditio...