Short tau inversion recovery (STIR) after intravenous contrast agent administration obscures bone marrow edema-like signal on forefoot MRI.

Tim Steffen FischerYassir El BazStephan WaeltiSimon WildermuthSebastian LeschkaSabine GüsewellTobias Johannes Dietrich

Published in: Skeletal radiology (2021)

Intravenous gadolinium-based contrast agent causes a significant reduction of signal intensity in bone marrow edema-like signal on routine STIR images. Thus, pathological MRI findings may be obscured.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
bone marrow
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
mesenchymal stem cells
diffusion weighted imaging
high dose
high intensity
cerebrospinal fluid
machine learning