Table 2.
Exclusion criteria for MRI examinations
Exclusion criteria | Number of cases |
---|---|
Injuries of the infraspinatus muscle or adjacent structures | 8 |
Tumors in the infraspinatus muscle or adjacent structures | 4 |
Surgical interventions disrupting the normal anatomy | 5 |
Developmental disorders of the rotator cuff | 1 |
History of radiation therapy in the examined area | 0 |
Missing data regarding body weight and/or height | 34 |
Intraarticular contrast in the glenohumeral joint | 23 |
Suboptimal image quality | 6 |
Examinations with insufficient coverage of the infraspinatus muscle | 14 |
More than one examination of the same shoulder | 2 |
All exclusion criteria summarized | 97 |
MRI magnetic resonance imaging