MRI can provide clinically useful information in detecting and characterizingpartial-thickness tears in a non-invasive fashion with low accuracy, sensitivity and specificity.Compared with MRI assessment, ultrasonograp...MRI can provide clinically useful information in detecting and characterizingpartial-thickness tears in a non-invasive fashion with low accuracy, sensitivity and specificity.Compared with MRI assessment, ultrasonography is cheaper than MRI and arthrography and moreadvantageous with respect to the possibility of a dynamic exploration of the rotator cuff withenhanced visualization of the tendons during internal and external rotation. MRA image isparticularly well suited to the diagnosis of partial-thickness tears, but is invasive and moreexpensive. Others, such as clinical examination, arthrography, contrast computerized tomographicarthrography and radiograph, are good methods to evaluate the partial-thickness tears.展开更多
文摘MRI can provide clinically useful information in detecting and characterizingpartial-thickness tears in a non-invasive fashion with low accuracy, sensitivity and specificity.Compared with MRI assessment, ultrasonography is cheaper than MRI and arthrography and moreadvantageous with respect to the possibility of a dynamic exploration of the rotator cuff withenhanced visualization of the tendons during internal and external rotation. MRA image isparticularly well suited to the diagnosis of partial-thickness tears, but is invasive and moreexpensive. Others, such as clinical examination, arthrography, contrast computerized tomographicarthrography and radiograph, are good methods to evaluate the partial-thickness tears.