Creation and Validation of a Shorthand Magnetic Resonance Imaging Bone Age Assessment Tool of the Knee as an Alternative Skeletal Maturity Assessment.
Cary S PolitzerJames D BomarHakan C PehlivanPradyumna GurusamyEric W EdmondsAndrew T PennockPublished in: The American journal of sports medicine (2021)
The MRI shorthand is a simple and efficient means of assessing the skeletal maturity of adolescent patients with a knee MRI scan. This bone age assessment technique had interobserver and intraobserver reliability equivalent to or better than the standard method of utilizing a left-hand radiograph.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- total knee arthroplasty
- computed tomography
- bone mineral density
- diffusion weighted imaging
- knee osteoarthritis
- young adults
- bone loss
- mental health
- anterior cruciate ligament
- bone regeneration
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- postmenopausal women
- body composition
- childhood cancer