2003-10-01
MRI for the initial evaluation of acute wrist, knee, and ankle trauma
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MRI voor de initiële evaluatie van acuut pols, knie en enkel letsel
In this thesis we study the application of MRI in acute trauma of wrist, knee, and ankle, evaluating its potentials, its effects, and its costs. Our aim was to use MRI in all patients with acute trauma of wrist, knee, and ankle, without increasing the overall costs to society, potentially even reducing these costs. We used a relatively inexpensive low field dedicated extremity MRI system (Artoscan M, Esaote, Genoa, Italy) for our study. There has been debate regarding the diagnostic performance of low field MRI versus high field MRI (10-25). However, most studies conclude that the diagnostic quality of low field MRI approaches the high field systems. We feel that skepticism toward low field MRI is often based on first impressions of the low field MRI images and not on data of comparative clinical trials.
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| Erasmus University Rotterdam | |
| M.G.M. Hunink (Myriam) , G.P. Krestin (Gabriel) | |
| hdl.handle.net/1765/51337 | |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Nikken, J. (2003, October). MRI for the initial evaluation of acute wrist, knee, and ankle trauma. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/51337 |
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