Open AccessImaging Patterns in MRI in Recent Bone Injuries Following Negative or Inconclusive Plain Radiographs
Author(s) -
Raghu Teja Sadineni
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/15451.6685
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , radiography , magnetic resonance imaging , occult , radiology , ligament , soft tissue injury , ankle , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Few bony injuries and most soft tissue injuries cannot be detected on plain radiography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect such occult bony injuries due to signal changes in bone marrow. In addition to excluding serious bony injuries, it can also identify tendon, ligament, cartilage and other soft tissue injuries and thus help in localizing the cause of morbidity.