Professor and Chief of Radiology at Balgrist University Hospital @derbalgrist University of Zurich @UZH_ch; all things musculoskeletal #mskrad; tweets my own

Zurich Switzerland
Joined March 2013
A friendly reminder to our membership: Only 4 days remain to submit your topic ideas for a presenter or moderator slot at the #ISS2026 Meeting Refresher Course! Form: internationalskeletalsociety… The form is short (see image) - don't delay! Deadline is Monday, Oct 6, 2025.
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#ISS2025 was a great success — #ThankYou to all speakers, attendees, and partners who helped make it an unforgettable meeting. Looking forward to #ISS2026, taking place in October 2026 in Seoul, South Korea - see you there! @intskeletal @SkeletalRadiol #MSKrad
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#JustPublished: Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (#UKA): What are the Radiographic Predictors for #Conversion to Total Knee Arthroplasty (#TKA)? 👉 Access the full article here (#OpenAccess): doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2025… @derbalgrist @BalgristCampus #MSKrad
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#JustPublished: Novel DECT Fat Maps for diagnosing Osteomyelitis. Dual Energy CT Fat Maps can be used together with Bone Marrow Edema Maps for detecting #Osteomyelitis 👉Read the article here: pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra… @derbalgrist @BalgristCampus @radiology_rsna @RSNA #MSKrad
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Great team work 👏👏 Central vessel Convolute 🤩
#JustPublished: Novel anatomical observation: Prominent nutrient vessels in the ilium bone are very common, and mostly form a distinct, recognizable branching pattern, the Central Vessel Convolute (CVC). 👉Read the article for free: doi.org/10.1007/s00256-025-0… @derbalgrist #MSKrad
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#JustPublished: Novel anatomical observation: Prominent nutrient vessels in the ilium bone are very common, and mostly form a distinct, recognizable branching pattern, the Central Vessel Convolute (CVC). 👉Read the article for free: doi.org/10.1007/s00256-025-0… @derbalgrist #MSKrad
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Happy to be part of the special #SportsImaging issue of @SMR_SeminarsMSK for #ESSR2025! Read our article on Sports-related Hip Injuries here: doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-18050… #MSKrad @derbalgrist @UZH_ch
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How to best diagnose #Conjoint #NerveRoots on spine MRI? Read it here for free 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s00256-025-0… The coronal #STIR sequence greatly improved sensitivity and inter-reader agreement for conjoint lumbar nerve root (CLNR) detection on MRI. @skeletaljournal @derbalgrist
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Now out in print and #OpenAccess here 👉link.springer.com/article/10… #Achilles tendon disease comes in two entities: #Midportion disease: More severe tendon thickening & complete tears #Insertional disease: Partial tears more frequent @derbalgrist @skeletaljournal @sophiasamira92
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Check out our latest article in Radiology here 👉doi.org/10.1148/radiol.24213… We discuss the latest MRI techniques for assessing the #shoulder and rotator cuff muscles and explore advanced methods for quantifying muscle degeneration @FeuerriegelG @derbalgrist @radiology_rsna #MSKrad
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How much can MRI reveal about rotator cuff health? 💪🧲This study by @FeuerriegelG, @SutterBalgrist and team shows how qualitative and quantitative MRI assess fatty degeneration and muscle atrophy, offering key clues for outcomes. #MSK #Radiology #MRI pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra…
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#Reference: Feuerriegel GC, Fritz B, Marth AA, Sommer S, Wieser K, Sutter R. Assessment of the Rotator Cuff Muscles: State-of-the-Art MRI and Clinical Implications. Radiology. 2025 May;315(2):e242131. doi: 10.1148/radiol.242131.
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➡️ This review explores both qualitative and advanced quantitative MRI techniques for assessing RC muscle fatty degeneration and atrophy, as well as the clinical importance of intramuscular fat quantification in surgical decision making and outcome prediction.
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Do you know how the #RCmuscle changes after tendon tear and how it is assessed on MRI? 👉Read our recent review in @radiology_rsna : doi.org/10.1148/radiol.24213… @SutterBalgrist @derbalgrist @BalgristCampus #RadInTraining @RITEditor
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For patients with #osteomyelitis who cannot undergo #MRI, can #DECT (Dual Energy CT) be the solution? Check it in this #Tweetorial! #RadInTraining 👉pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra… @DrLindaMoy @RadiologyEditor @VChernyakMD @RITEditor
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#Achilles tendon disease comes in two entities: Read our analysis for free👉link.springer.com/article/10… #Midportion disease: More severe tendon thickening & complete tears #Insertional disease: Partial tears more frequent @derbalgrist @skeletaljournal @sophiasamira92 #MSKrad
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New #MRI study about #PacinianCorpuscles in diabetic patients with polyneuropathy: Read it for free 👉insightsimaging.springeropen… 🔵Reduced number & altered pattern of corpuscles may predict diabetic polyneuropathy @derbalgrist @InsightsImaging @sophiasamira92 #MSKrad #OpenAccess
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The #BlackbirdSign: Out now in print & #OpenAccess 👉link.springer.com/article/10… This sign can identify #EarlyAtrophy of the #Supraspinatus muscle, which is an important risk factor for re-tears after tendon repair of the shoulder. @FeuerriegelG @derbalgrist @UZH_en @EurRadiology
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