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MR imaging of avascular necrosis and transient marrow edema of the femoral head. 1993

B E Vande Berg, and J J Malghem, and M A Labaisse, and H M Noel, and B E Maldague
Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, St Luc University Hospital, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

The value of high spatial resolution and contrast material-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was assessed in 69 patients with either femoral head avascular necrosis (AVN) or transient bone marrow edema lesions. An AVN lesion was typically a well-demarcated epiphyseal area of variable signal intensity. A transient bone marrow edema lesion appeared as an ill-delimited low-signal-intensity epiphyseal area on T1-weighted images that converted to a high-signal-intensity area on T2-weighted images. T1- and T2-weighted spin-echo images helped distinguish from AVN lesions some transient lesions apt to simulate the segmental pattern of AVN lesions. T2-weighted images also helped detect necrotic tissue in some unusual AVN lesions that mostly showed ill-delimited edemalike marrow changes. In some cases, contrast-enhanced MR images may increase diagnostic confidence by showing homogeneous hypervascularization in bone marrow edema lesions and by depicting hypovascular marrow areas in AVN lesions. The authors believe sequential MR imaging is valuable in the assessment of equivocal femoral head lesions.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007089 Image Enhancement Improvement of the quality of a picture by various techniques, including computer processing, digital filtering, echocardiographic techniques, light and ultrastructural MICROSCOPY, fluorescence spectrometry and microscopy, scintigraphy, and in vitro image processing at the molecular level. Image Quality Enhancement,Enhancement, Image,Enhancement, Image Quality,Enhancements, Image,Enhancements, Image Quality,Image Enhancements,Image Quality Enhancements,Quality Enhancement, Image,Quality Enhancements, Image
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D008536 Meglumine 1-Deoxy-1-(methylamino)-D-glucitol. A derivative of sorbitol in which the hydroxyl group in position 1 is replaced by a methylamino group. Often used in conjunction with iodinated organic compounds as contrast medium. Methylglucamine
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009942 Organometallic Compounds A class of compounds of the type R-M, where a C atom is joined directly to any other element except H, C, N, O, F, Cl, Br, I, or At. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Metallo-Organic Compound,Metallo-Organic Compounds,Metalloorganic Compound,Organometallic Compound,Metalloorganic Compounds,Compound, Metallo-Organic,Compound, Metalloorganic,Compound, Organometallic,Compounds, Metallo-Organic,Compounds, Metalloorganic,Compounds, Organometallic,Metallo Organic Compound,Metallo Organic Compounds
D001847 Bone Diseases Diseases of BONES. Bone Disease,Disease, Bone,Diseases, Bone
D001853 Bone Marrow The soft tissue filling the cavities of bones. Bone marrow exists in two types, yellow and red. Yellow marrow is found in the large cavities of large bones and consists mostly of fat cells and a few primitive blood cells. Red marrow is a hematopoietic tissue and is the site of production of erythrocytes and granular leukocytes. Bone marrow is made up of a framework of connective tissue containing branching fibers with the frame being filled with marrow cells. Marrow,Red Marrow,Yellow Marrow,Marrow, Bone,Marrow, Red,Marrow, Yellow
D001855 Bone Marrow Diseases Diseases involving the BONE MARROW. Bone Marrow Disease,Disease, Bone Marrow,Diseases, Bone Marrow,Marrow Disease, Bone,Marrow Diseases, Bone
D003287 Contrast Media Substances used to allow enhanced visualization of tissues. Radiopaque Media,Contrast Agent,Contrast Agents,Contrast Material,Contrast Materials,Radiocontrast Agent,Radiocontrast Agents,Radiocontrast Media,Agent, Contrast,Agent, Radiocontrast,Agents, Contrast,Agents, Radiocontrast,Material, Contrast,Materials, Contrast,Media, Contrast,Media, Radiocontrast,Media, Radiopaque

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