Premium
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lower limb length measurement
Author(s) -
Doyle Anthony J,
Winsor Sandra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1754-9485
pISSN - 1754-9477
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02250.x
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , cadaver , femur , lower limb , nuclear medicine , radiography , radiology , radiation dose , reliability (semiconductor) , anatomy , surgery , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary An MRI‐based method was developed to measure lower limb lengths. By comparison with direct measurement of a cadaver femur, the accuracy of the method was verified as over 99%. Reliability and inter‐observer agreement were excellent (correlation coefficients r > 0.99.). This method is accurate and reliable. It shows promise for reducing radiation dose to the paediatric population at large by replacing measurements based on radiographs or computed tomography.