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Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

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Until the beginning of the millennium, ultrasound had offered, in the musculoskeletal system, a performance well below those of magnetic resonance, thus contributing to a poor penetration and limited use of this technique. However, the gradual improvement in ultrasound technology has had a special impact on the exploration of the musculoskeletal system, making ultrasound to become from a complementary test into an exploration of choice for many lesions, especially in the muscle and the surface. The most important factor has been the emergence of high-resolution linear transducers, sometimes of very small size, which allow exploring superficial structures with a spatial resolution that exceeds that obtained with conventional magnetic resonance and at lower cost.

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  1. Diagnóstico por Imagen, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain

    Angel Bueno, Jose Martel & Ana Sanz

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Bueno, A., Martel, J., Sanz, A. (2012). Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. In: del Cura, J., Seguí, P., Nicolau, C. (eds) Learning Ultrasound Imaging. Learning Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30586-3_3

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