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[en] We describe the morphologic and signal changes detected about the proximal femoral growth plate in two patients with hip pain preceding the progression to slipped capital femoral epiphysis using magnetic resonance imaging. (orig.)
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[en] To determine whether subarticular marrow changes deep to the posterior horn medial meniscal root anchor might predict subsequent medial meniscal root tear. Fifteen patients with MR-diagnosed posterior horn medial meniscal root (PHMMR) tear and a knee MRI antecedent to the tear were identified at three imaging centers over a 7-year period. The pre- and post-tear MR images were evaluated for marrow signal changes deep to the root anchor, meniscal root signal intensity, medial compartment articular cartilage thinning, and meniscal body extrusion. Images of 29 age- and gender-matched individuals with two MRIs of the same knee were reviewed as a control group. MRI in 11 of 15 (73 %) cases with subsequent PHMMR tear demonstrated linear subcortical marrow edema deep to the meniscal root anchor on the antecedent MRI compared to only 1 of 29 (3 %) non-tear controls (p < 0.0001). The abnormal signal resolved on post-tear MRI in all but two patients. Cyst-like changes deep to the PHMMR were present on initial MRI in three of 15 (23 %) cases and three of 29 (10 %) controls, persisting in all but one case on follow-up imaging. The PHMMR was gray on the initial MRI in seven of 15 (47 %) of cases that developed tears compared to four of 29 (14 %) controls (p < 0.0001). There was medial meniscal extrusion (MME) prior to tear in two of 15 (13 %) patients and in ten of 15 (67 %) patients after PHMMR failure. In the control group, MME was present in one (3 %) and three (10 %) of 29 subjects on the initial and follow-up MRIs, respectively. Articular cartilage loss was noted in two of 15 (15 %) cases before tear and nine of 15 (69 %) on follow-up imaging, as compared to one (3 %) and four (14 %) of 29 subjects in the control group. Subcortical marrow edema deep to the PHMMR may result from abnormal stresses and thus be a harbinger of meniscal root failure. This hypothesis is supported by resolution of these marrow signal changes after root tear. Following tear, extrusion of the meniscal body results in increased stress on the medial weight-bearing surfaces often leading to articular cartilage loss; we observed this sequence in six of our 15 patients with PHMMR tears. (orig.)
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[en] Objective. To define and compare early lesions associated with slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and radiography. Design and patients. Thirteen patients with 15 symptomatic hips due to SCFE underwent radiography and MRI; CT was performed in 12 patients. SCFE was graded on radiographs, head/neck angles and qualitative changes were evaluated on CT, and morphologic/signal abnormalities were determined on MRI. Results. Physeal widening, apparent on T1-weighted MRI, was evident in every case of SCFE, including one presumed ''pre-slip.'' T2-weighted images demonstrated synovitis and marrow edema but obscured physeal abnormalities. CT head/neck angles ranged from 4-57 for symptomatic to 0-14 for asymptomatic hips. Physeal and metaphyseal changes were variably identified on both radiographs and CT in all cases of SCFE, but not in the pre-slip. Conclusion. MRI clearly delineates physeal changes of both pre-slip and SCFE, and demonstrates very early changes at a time when radiographs and CT may appear normal. (orig.)
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[en] To determine the frequency of medial meniscal extrusion (MME) versus ''medial meniscal intrusion'' in the setting of bucket handle tears. Images were evaluated for previously reported risk factors for MME, including: medial meniscal root tear, radial tear, degenerative joint disease and joint effusion. Forty-one consecutive cases of bucket handle tear of the medial meniscus were reviewed by consensus by two musculoskeletal radiologists. Imaging was performed using a 1.5 GE Signa MR unit. Patient age, gender, medial meniscal root integrity, MME, medial meniscal intrusion, degenerative joint disease, effusion and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear were recorded. Thirteen females and 27 males (age 12-62 years, median=30 years) were affected; one had bucket handle tear of each knee. Effusion was small in 13, moderate in 9 and large in 18. Degenerative joint disease was mild in three, moderate in two and severe in one. 26 ACL tears included three partial and three chronic. Medial meniscal root tear was complete in one case and partial thickness in two. None of the 40 cases with an intact or partially torn medial meniscal root demonstrated MME. MME of 3.1 mm was seen in the only full-thickness medial meniscal root tear, along with chronic ACL tear, moderate degenerative joint disease and large effusion. Medial meniscal intrusion of the central bucket handle fragment into the intercondylar notch was present in all 41 cases. Given an intact medial meniscal root in the setting of a ''pure'' bucket handle tear, there is no MME. (orig.)
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De Corte, F.; Umans, H.; Vandenberghe, D.; De Wispelaere, A.; Haute, P. van den, E-mail: frans.decorte@UGent.be2005
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[en] In the age determination of sediments according to the luminescence method, it is important to know whether there was secular equilibrium in the Th and U decay series during accumulation of the environmental radiation dose in geological times. This can be investigated via gamma-ray spectrometry, whereby-in the 238U series-214Pb and 214Bi are considered as the indicators for 226Ra-mobility, and 210Pb as the indicator for 226Rn-emanation. In the present work, the direct measurement of 226Ra-which can give extra information on the interpretation of the radioactive equilibrium-is investigated as to its precision and accuracy. Since there is a serious spectral interference on its 186.2 keV gamma-line (by 235U at 185.7 keV), various correction procedures were outlined and their performance was checked via the analysis of (certified) reference materials, leading to the recommendation of a 'method of choice'
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8. international conference on applications of nuclear techniques; Crete (Greece); 12-18 Sep 2004; S0969-8043(05)00136-3; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BISMUTH ISOTOPES, CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, DOSES, EMISSION, ENERGY RANGE, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, HEAVY NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, KEV RANGE, LEAD ISOTOPES, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, PHOTON EMISSION, RADIOISOTOPES, RADIUM ISOTOPES, RADON ISOTOPES, SPECTROSCOPY, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES, URANIUM ISOTOPES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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