What is it about?
Only a limited selection articles compares various fat suppression techniques. The purpose of this prospective study was to compare the short tau inversion recovery (STIR) and T2 fat saturation (FAT SAT) sequences.
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Why is it important?
Traumatic injuries of os scaphoideum are serious, and might lead to two main grades of consequences (i.e. osteoarthrosis or avascular necrosis), if a fracture remains undiagnosed. Identifying and locating the bone bruise are important for many reasons, knowing that a bone bruise on a T2 fat saturated image in conjunction with a fracture line on a T1 weighted image will set the diagnose for a fracture. Hence a standardized method for diagnostic and treatment purposes is important.
Perspectives
Incorporation of a new version of a fat saturation sequence (eg. Dixon) in a similar study would be commendable.
Louise Meincke
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, Faculty of health and medical sciences
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This page is a summary of: MR imaging of scaphoid fractures. Fat-saturated T2-weighted and Short tau inversion recovery images., Radiography Open, January 2017, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences,
DOI: 10.7577/radopen.2150.
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