Fig. 1

Increased visibility of SLAP lesions using 3D-MEDIC compared 2D-PD fs. Axial (a) and coronal (c) 2D-PD fs images, and axial (b) and coronal (d) reconstructions of the 3D-MEDIC of a 57-year-old male patient with an arthroscopically proven SLAP lesion. The SLAP lesion is better depicted in axial and coronal 3D-MEDIC as a high intensity line with excellent contrast to the labrum and glenoid (black arrow and white arrowhead) and a small labral discontinuity (black arrow). Consequently, both readers diagnosed the SLAP lesion using 3D-MEDIC. The signal in the axial 2D-PD fs is less pronounced (white asterisk), and only a very thin and hardly detectable hyperintense line is present in the coronal 2D-PD fs (white arrow). The less experienced Rater 1 did not diagnose a tear, while Rater 2 correctly diagnosed the SLAP lesion.