Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Sonography and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Preoperative Diagnosis of Infected Nonunions
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Contrast-enhanced sonography can visualize the vascularity of nonunions in real time, while quantification software allows for a semiobjective evaluation of bone perfusion. The correlations of both quantitative contrast-enhanced sonography and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI with microbiological results show their high value for differentiation of infected from aseptic nonunions.
Source: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine - Category: Radiology Authors: Fischer, C., Preuss, E.-M., Tanner, M., Bruckner, T., Krix, M., Amarteifio, E., Miska, M., Moghaddam-Alvandi, A., Schmidmaier, G., Weber, M.-A. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
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