Diffusion weighted MR imaging in acute vertebral compression fractures: differentiation between malignant and benign causes

Bhugaloo A; Abdullah B; Siow Y; Ng Kh

doi:10.2349/biij.2.2.e12

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Diffusion weighted MR imaging in acute vertebral compression fractures: differentiation between malignant and benign causes

Bhugaloo A ¹ , Abdullah B , Siow Y , Ng Kh

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Biomed Imaging Interv J, 2006 Apr;2(2):e12.

PMID: 21614224 MyJurnal DOI: 10.2349/biij.2.2.e12

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of diffusion weighted MR imaging (DWI) in the differentiation and characterisation between benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures compared with conventional T1 WI, T2 WI and fat suppressed contrast enhanced T1 WI in the Malaysian population.

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