Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1163-1171, December 2007

CT and MRI of hip arthroplasty

  • J.G. Cahir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J. Cahir, Department of Radiology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UY, UK. Tel.: +44 1603 286104; fax: +44 1603 286077.
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  • A.P. Toms

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology
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  • T.J. Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology
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  • J. Wimhurst

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich, UK
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  • J. Nolan

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich, UK

Received 31 July 2006; received in revised form 29 March 2007; accepted 3 April 2007.

Plain films are the initial imaging method of choice for evaluation of hip arthroplasty. Recent advances in technology and imaging techniques have largely overcome the problems of beam hardening in computed tomography (CT) and magnetic susceptibility artefact in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). CT and MRI have now become useful imaging techniques in the assessment of hip arthroplasty.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00258-9

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2007.04.018

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1163-1171, December 2007

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