Meeting Banner
Abstract #3472

VIMATS Vienna Morphological Achilles Tendon Score

Sebastian Apprich1, Klaus Friedrich2, Veronika Schpf2, Siegfried Trattnig1

1Department of Radiology - MR Center of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Injuries to the Achilles tendon are common injuries in sport actives and even after therapy (conservative or surgical), patients are at risk for a re-rupture of the AT. Within this study we present a new morphological MRI-Score to semi-quantitatively assess the state of the AT in patients: the Vienna Morphological Achilles Tendon Score (VIMATS).

Keywords

according accurate addition agreement alterations approval assessed assessing audience axial board body bone bursitis channel coefficient coil common complete concerning consecutive consent consisted continuity correlation created developed disorders easy edema evaluate evaluation examined excellence excellent exists fast female fluid frequently future help human independently individual informed injured injuries institutional intensity inter interstitial intra intraclass introduce kappa knee largest like longitudinally male marrow medical might modality moderate morphological newly none observer observers orthopedic ossifications painful partial pathologies patient patients position powerful predict prone protocol quantification quantitative radiologists radiology reliable reproducibility reproducible respectively review risk rupture score semi still strongest surgeons surgery system table target tear tendon tendons tool ultrasound variable variables whole worst written year years yielded