This advanced course provides practical approaches and state-of-the-art updates to interpreting knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, ankle and foot joint MRI exams.
Lectures emphasize detailed knee, hip, shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, ankle and foot joint discussions. The program includes anatomy and mechanisms of injury, and such representative topics as: assessment of edema, bone injury, hernias, tendons, fibrocartilage (menisci), and hyaline cartilage; detailed shoulder and hip labral interpretation; macro-instability of the labrum; SLAP lesions; osseous masses; soft tissue masses; and entrapment neuropathies.
Lectures are supplemented by live case reading sessions allowing for more informal teaching and audience interaction. Also covered are practical tips on exam reporting technique, and optimal communication with medical personnel. Cases which illustrate particular teaching points will be shown at each reading session.
