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Comparison of MRI and Conventional Radiography for Assessment of Acromial Shape

¹ Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/Austria, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna, 1090 Austria.
² Present address: Department of Orthopedics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. At time of study: Medical University of Vienna, Department of Orthopaedics, Vienna, Austria.
³ Second Orthopaedic Department, Orthopaedic Hospital Vienna-Speising, Vienna, Austria.

OBJECTIVE. Our aim was to determine the value of different MRI planes independently and in combination for assessment of acromial shape.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. Sixty-one patients with subacromial impingement syndrome who had undergone acromioplasty after failure to respond to conservative treatment were included in the study. Parasagittal T2-weighted MR images and outlet view radiographs of the affected shoulders were acquired preoperatively. Three-dimensional models of all acromions were constructed from the MR images, and the Bigliani type of acromion depicted by these models was determined. Results were compared with the acromial type assessed during acromioplasty. To provide a reliable reference for further processing and correlation, we used only those 56 acromions with agreement on acromial shape between intraoperative findings and 3D models. Then, acromial shape was determined for three MRI slice positions (S-1, lateral acromial edge; S-2, just lateral of acromioclavicular joint; and S-3, lateral portion of acromioclavicular joint), for a combination of S-1 and S-2, and for the radiographs.

RESULTS. Kappa coefficients were 0.36 (36%) for S-1, 0.41 (41%) for S-2, and –0.10 (–10%) for S-3. For the outlet view radiographs, the kappa coefficient was 0.55 (55%), showing better correlation than any single slice position. Best results, however, were achieved with a combination of S-1 and S-2, with a kappa coefficient of 0.66 (66%).

CONCLUSION. For determination of acromial shape, outlet view radiographs are superior to any single MRI slice position, but inferior to a combination of two MRI slices (S-1 and S-2). If a single MRI slice is being used, the slice position just lateral to the acromioclavicular joint is recommended.

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