2019 Musculoskeletal Imaging in Clinical Practice

The CME Activity provides a review of clinical applications concerning the diagnosis, treatment and management of the musculoskeletal disorders. Modern imaging strategies, surgical correlation and the need for intra-disciplinary teamwork when deciding the most effective patient management will be addressed. Faculty share techniques and tips in image interpretation of musculoskeletal injuries and pathology. Information gained during this activity is geared to improve diagnostic capabilities and expand clinical applications. The faculty has been selected for their teaching ability, as well as for their expertise.

Target Audience

This CME activity is designed to educate diagnostic imaging physicians who supervise and interpret musculoskeletal MRI. In addition, referring physicians who order musculoskeletal MRI should gain an appreciation of the strengths and limitations of these types of procedures.

Educational Objectives

At the completion of this CME teaching activity, you should be able to:

• Incorporate state of the art imaging protocols to accurately assess musculoskeletal pathology and injury.
• Assess patients with joint pathology in a non-invasive manner utilizing MRI.
• Recognize the strengths and limitations of MRI for the management of sports related injuries.
• Describe the MR appearance of muscle and tendon injury.
• Differentiate musculoskeletal masses and tumors.
• Modify image sequencing to accurately evaluate joint replacement and minimize artifact.
• Discuss the utility of imaging when used to guide therapeutic musculoskeletal injections.

Topics And Speakers:

Session 1

MRI of the Knee Menisci: Tricks and Tips

William B. Morrison, M.D.

MRI of the Knee: Ligaments and Miscellaneous Disorders

Mark H. Awh, M.D.

MRI of the Knee: Case Based

John F. Feller, M.D.

Session 2

Posterolateral Corner of the Knee Made Simple

William B. Morrison, M.D.

MRI of the Knee: Arthroscopic Validation of MRI Findings

Matthew Diltz, M.D.

MRI of the Foot and Ankle

Mark H. Awh, M.D.

Session 3

Femoroacetabular Impingement Update

Geoffrey M. Riley, M.D.

Current Concepts in Imaging and Arthroscopy of the Hip

Matthew Diltz, M.D.

Session 4

MRI and Bone Marrow; Practical Solutions to Common Problems

Geoffrey M. Riley, M.D.

Degenerative Disc Disease, Pathophysiology and Nomenclature

Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.

Session 5

The Craniocervical Junction

Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.

What Level Is This: Making Sense of Transitional Spinal Anatomy

Geoffrey M. Riley, M.D.

MRI of Spine Infection and Differential Diagnosis

William B. Morrison, M.D.

Session 6

MR of Spine Trauma

Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.

Pearls and Pitfalls in Shoulder MRI

Lynne S. Steinbach, M.D.

Postoperative Spine Imaging

Jeffrey S. Ross, M.D.

Session 7

The Throwing Shoulder

Lynne S. Steinbach, M.D.

Recent Articles Important to Your Practice

Geoffrey M. Riley, M.D.

MR of Sports Injuries in the Professional Athlete

Mark H. Awh, M.D.

Session 8

Can We Determine Return to Play?

William B Morrison, M.D.

MRI Following Joint Replacement

John F. Feller, M.D.

MRI of Musculoskeletal Masses and Tumor-like Conditions

Mark H. Awh, M.D.

Session 9

Biceps Muscle and Tendon in the Upper Extremity

Lynne S. Steinbach, M.D.

Bone, Tendon and Muscle Injuries

Matthew Diltz, M.D.

Image Guided Diagnostic and Therapeutic MSK Injections

John F. Feller, M.D.

Session 10

Postoperative Shoulder

Lynne S. Steinbach, M.D.

Orthopedic Injuries: From Diagnosis to Treatment

Matthew Diltz, M.D.

Session 11

New & Proven Techniques for Rapid Musculoskeletal MRI

Jan Fritz, M.D., P.D., D.A.B.R.

Automated MR Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System

John F. Feller, M.D.

Metal Artifacts in MRI: Practical Problem Solving

Jan Fritz, M.D., P.D., D.A.B.R.

Session 12

MRI of the Shoulder

John F. Feller, M.D.

Elbow MRI

Jan Fritz, M.D., P.D., D.A.B.R.

MRI of the Hip

John F. Feller, M.D.

Multi-Detector CTA of Extremity Trauma

Jan Fritz, M.D., P.D., D.A.B.R.