Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the mainstay of diagnosis, staging and follow-up of
much musculoskeletal pathology. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) is …

Diffusion-weighted MRI has become more and more popular in the last couple of years. It is
already an accepted diagnostic tool for patients with acute stroke, but is more difficult to use …

Vertebral compression fractures are very common, especially in the elderly. Benign
osteoporotic and malignant vertebral compression fractures have extremely different …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the occurrence, location, and shape of the fluid sign in acute
osteoporotic and neoplastic vertebral compression fractures at magnetic resonance (MR) …

Objectives To establish normal bone marrow values of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)
over an age range, compare them with metastatic and myelomatous involvement, to …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In cases of metastatic disease of the spine, monitoring the
response to medical therapy with plain radiography, bone scanning, and conventional spin …

Purpose To prospectively compare the diagnostic accuracy of diffusion-weighted whole
body imaging with background whole body signal suppression (DWIBS) with skeletal …

OBJECTIVE. Low back pain is one of the most common causes of physician visits in the
United States with an enormous socioeconomic burden. Because of this burden, numerous …

The authors evaluated the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the assessment of
vertebral metastases and acute vertebral compression fractures in 22 patients with known or …

Diffusion‐weighted MRI (DWI) of the vertebral bone marrow is a clinically important tool for
the characterization of bone‐marrow pathologies and, in particular, for the differentiation of …