Bone tumor imaging, then and now: review article.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Musculoskeletal tumor imaging is a focused subspecialty of musculoskeletal radiology. The goals of imaging and techniques employed are continually evolving and often slightly different from those used in other musculoskeletal diseases. As these techniques change, it is occasionally useful to review what is new.

Questions/purposes

The question addressed in this manuscript is what are the most interesting/relevant changes in each modality of musculoskeletal tumor imaging over the past 38 years, the length of time the newly emeritus chair of the Radiology and Imaging Department of Hospital for Special Surgery has been at the hospital.

Methods

This review is primarily expert opinion based in examining techniques used at the institutions of the authors, with sup

SUBMITTER: Mintz DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4171450 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature