Delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of hip joint cartilage (dGEMRIC): pearls and pitfalls

With the increasing advances in hip joint preservation surgery, accurate diagnosis and assessment of femoral head and acetabular cartilage status is becoming increasingly important. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the hip does present technical difficulties. The fairly thin cartilage lining nece...

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Main Author: Bernd Bittersohl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Medical Publishing 2011-09-01
Series:Orthopedic Reviews
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/3035