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Distinction of reactive joint fluid from pyogenic abscess by diffusion‐weighted imaging
Author(s) -
Park Ji Kang,
Kim Bong Soo,
Choi Gukmyung,
Kim Seung Hyoung,
Lee KwangBok,
Khang Hyunsoo
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.20886
Subject(s) - joint (building) , diffusion mri , abscess , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , diffusion , radiology , physics , surgery , architectural engineering , engineering , thermodynamics
It is difficult to distinguish reactive joint fluid from infectious joint fluid by conventional MR images. In this presented case, we successfully distinguished these two conditions using diffusion‐weighted imaging. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.