Skeletal Imaging Case Collection
A special issue of Reports (ISSN 2571-841X). This special issue belongs to the section "Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 579
Special Issue Editor
Interests: musculoskeletal radiology; oncologic imaging; MRI; ultrasound; conventional radiology; CT-guided and US-guided interventional procedures; bone and soft-tissue sarcoma
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Dear Colleagues,
The human skeleton is a vital structure with key mechanical and biological functions. It comprises around 270 bones at birth and 206 by adulthood—excluding accessory bones—as some bones fuse together, accounting for around 14% of the body's total weight. Separated into axial and appendicular sections, the human skeleton serves six main purposes: support, mobility, defense, blood cell production, mineral storage, and endocrine regulation.
Skeletal radiology is a wide and expanding discipline considered one of the key elements in the diagnostic workup of many medical conditions. Notably, the birth of skeletal imaging coincided with that of radiology, with Roentgen achieving the first radiography of a human hand in 1895. Nowadays, we have myriad technological approaches to imaging the human skeleton, with detailed anatomical, metabolic, and functional data available from radiological studies. This data means radiology is usually fundamental to assessing skeletal disease, sometimes being the sole diagnostic tool required.
This Special Issue aims to collect educative or rare cases focused on skeletal pathology, with submissions of classic 'case reports', ‘case series’, and 'interesting images' all welcome.
Dr. Paolo Spinnato
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bone and bones
- rare diseases
- bone tumors
- bone sarcoma
- osteosarcoma
- ewing sarcoma
- adamantinoma
- conventional radiology
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
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