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Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Radionuclide Bone Imaging of Vertebral Fractures
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1989
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Radionuclide Bone ImagingElderly PatientsFracture DiagnosticsOsteoporosisOrthopaedic SurgeryMagnetic Resonance ImagingBone DiseaseSkeletal TraumaOsteoarthritisRadiologyHealth SciencesImaging AnatomyMedical ImagingMusculoskeletal ImagingGeriatricsInitial ExperienceGeriatric SpineInversion Recovery SequenceSpinal FractureBone ImagingVertebral FracturesMedicineSkeletal Imaging
The following report summarizes the authors' initial experience with detecting and aging vertebral fractures in elderly patients with osteoporosis, emphasizing the use of an inversion recovery sequence with a short time to inversion (STIR) and comparing these results to that achieved using RBI.