Kyphoplasty Question

[bigdan]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

Sage Radiologists-

What is the expected presentation of kyphoplasty cement on an xray or MRI?

Would it be light or dark? I assume the T1 and T2 presentations are different, but how so?

Thanks...

dc

 

[hans19]

Bone cement is very dense and appears bright on conventional radiographs.

Cement does not have a lot of hydrogen in it, so it generally appears dark on T1W and T2W on MR. Some one correct me if I'm wrong

 

[bigdan]

Thanks...

 

[trouta]

It definately appears dark (Im looking at a lot of vertebroplasty MRIs right now).