Laurence Parker

TL;DR: MR arthrography is the most sensitive and specific technique for diagnosing both full- and partial-thickness rotator cuff tears.

TL;DR: The prevalence of pancreatic cysts at single-shot fast spin-echo (SE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-especially cysts with a diameter smaller than 10 mm-is similar to that of pancreas at autopsy and higher than that of Pancreas with malignant pancreatic tumors at transabdominal ultrasonography.

TL;DR: US of the common extensor tendon had high sensitivity but low specificity in the detection of symptomatic lateral epicondylitis and the relationship between symptoms and intratendinous calcification, tendon thickening, adjacent bone irregularity, focal hypoechoic regions, and diffuse heterogeneity was statistically significant.

TL;DR: The substitution of ultrasound (US) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders by describing the recent use and costs of MSK imaging in the Medicare population, projecting these trends from 2006 to 2020, and estimating cost-savings involved in substituting MSK US for MSK MRI, when appropriate.

TL;DR: The MRI definition of patella alta and baja is a ratio of TL/PL of more than 1.50 and less than 0.74 respectively, somewhat different than traditionally quoted radiographic and previously described MRI criteria.