Assessment of proximal tibial fractures with 3D FRACTURE (fast field echo resembling a CT using restricted echo-spacing) MRI-intra-individual comparison with CT.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the feasibility and diagnostic performance of a 3D FRACTURE (fast field echo resembling a CT using restricted echo-spacing) MRI sequence for the detection and classification of proximal tibial fractures compared with CT.

Methods

We retrospectively included 126 patients (85 male; 39.6 ± 14.5 years) from two centers following acute knee injury. Patients underwent knee MRI at 3 T including FRACTURE-MRI. Additional CT was performed in patients with tibial fractures (32.5%; n = 41) as the reference standard for fracture classification. Two radiologists independently evaluated FRACTURE-MRI for the presence of fractures and classified them according to AO/OTA, Schatzker, and the 10-segment classification. Diagnostic performance of FRACTURE-MRI was assessed us

SUBMITTER: Ristow I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12350421 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature