Hiroyuki Takashima1,2, Tsuneo Takebayashi3, Yasuhisa Abe3, Rui Imamura1, Hiroshi Oguma3, Izaya Ogon2, Yoshihiro Akatsuka1, and Toshihiko Yamashita2
1Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Maruyama Orthopedic Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
1Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Sapporo Medical University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, 3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Maruyama Orthopedic Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
IVIM enables the
evaluation of the intramedullary perfusion disorder in VF, which delays the
bone union process, and is useful to predict VF prognosis.
Fig. 2: Comparison between favorable and
unfavorable group on each IVIM parameter.
Fig. 1: Image of IVIM parameters for analysis
