Imaging: Musculoskeletal System
Imaging · Clinical Bases
How it begins
Estudio sistemático y exhaustivo de las modalidades diagnósticas aplicadas al aparato locomotor: bases físicas, técnica radiológica, semiología normal y patológica, con correlaciones clínicas de nivel experto.
What it covers
- Conventional Radiography of the Musculoskeletal System
- · Physical Principles and Image Formation
- · Radiological Technique: Projections and Parameters
- · Bone Radiological Semiology: Systematic Analysis
- · Specific Radiological Signs of the Musculoskeletal System
- · Parameters to Analyze a Bone Injury in X-ray: Lodwick's Rule
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- · Physical Fundamentals of Ultrasonography
- · Normal Ultrasound Appearance of Musculoskeletal Structures
- · Ultrasound Pathology of Tendons
- · Ultrasound Pathology of Peripheral Nerves
- · Doppler in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Musculoskeletal Computed Tomography (CT)
- · Technical Principles: Multidetector Helical CT (MDCT)
- · Specific Clinical Applications of CT in the Musculoskeletal System
- Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance (MRI)
- · Physical Fundamentals of MRI
- · MR Sequences in Musculoskeletal: Standard Protocol
- · Bone Marrow Edema (BME): Key Concept
- · MR Musculoskeletal Artifacts and Solutions
- Nuclear Medicine and Bone Scan
- · Bone scan with ⁹⁹ᵐTc-MDP (Marked Bisphosphonates)
- · Bone SPECT/CT
- · PET/CT with ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹⁸F-NaF
- Shoulder Imaging
- · Shoulder X-ray
- · MRI of the Shoulder: Protocol and Findings
- · Glenohumeral Instability: Bankart and Hill-Sachs Lesions
- Knee Imaging
- · Knee X-ray
- · Knee MRI: Systematic Evaluation
- Hip Imaging
- · Pelvis and Hip X-ray
- · Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) in Image
- · Hip Fracture: Classifications and Role of Image
- Imaging of the Vertebral Column
- · Spine X-ray
- · MRI of the Spine: Intervertebral Disc and Stenosis
- · Modic Changes: Marrow Signal in Vertebral Plates
- · Spondylodiscitis: Imaging Diagnosis
- Ankle and Foot Imaging
- · Radiological projections of the ankle
- · Acquired Flatfoot in Adults: Imaging Evaluation
- · Stress Fracture of the Foot and Ankle
- Imaging of the Hand and Wrist
- · Scaphoid: The Fracture That Cannot Be Missed
- · Carpal Instability
- · Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Hand and Wrist
- Traumatology: Fractures and Classifications
- · Descriptive Terminology of Fractures
- · AO/OTA Classification of Long Fractures
- · MRI Signs of Occult Fractures and Bone Bruises
- Arthropathies: Degenerative, Inflammatory and Crystalline
- · Differential Imaging Diagnosis of Arthropathies
- · Spondyloarthritis and Sacroiliitis: The Role of MRI
- · Microcrystalline Arthritis
- Tendons, Ligaments, Bursas and Muscles
- · Tendon Calcification (Calcifying Tendinitis)
- · Bursitis
- · Muscle Injuries: MRI Classification
- Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
- · Systematic Approach to Bone Injury
- · Specific Bone Tumors: Imaging Findings
- · Bone Metastases: The Most Frequent Bone Tumor
- · Soft Tissue Tumors
- Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis
- · Osteomyelitis: Classification and Findings by Modality
- · Septic Arthritis: Urgent Diagnosis
- Bone Metabolic Pathology
- · Osteoporosis: Diagnostic Imaging
- · Paget's Disease of Bone
- · Hyperparathyroidism and Other Metabolic Disorders
- Avascular Vascular Necrosis (AVN / Osteonecrosis)
- · Etiology and Risk Factors
- · ARCO Classification and Imaging Correlation
- Pediatric Musculoskeletal Imaging
- · Particularities of the Growing Musculoskeletal System
- · Perthes Disease (Osteochondrosis of the Femoral Head)
- · Developmental Hip Dysplasia (DDH)
- Musculoskeletal Interventional Imaging
- · Image Guided Procedures
- · Artro-MR and Artro-CT: Specific Indications
- Imaging of the Elbow and Forearm
- · Elbow X-ray: Projections and Reference Lines
- · Lateral Epicondylitis ("Tennis Elbow") and Medial Epicondylitis ("Golfer's Elbow")
- · Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Capitellum
- · Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (Ulnar Nerve Neuropathy)
- · Radial Head Fracture: Mason Classification
- Pelvis, Sacrum and Sacroiliac Joint
- · Pelvis X-ray: Projections and Fundamental Measurements
- · Sacroiliac Joint: Imaging Anatomy
- · Sacral Fractures: Denis Classification
- · Tumors of the Pelvis and Sacrum
- Imaging in the Evaluation of Joint Prostheses
- · Conventional Radiography: Always First Line
- · Complications of Joint Prostheses and their Diagnostic Imaging
- · MRI with Metal Artifact Reduction (MARS): Protocol
- Imaging in Sports Medicine and Overuse Injuries
- · Stress Fractures: Location and Risk
- · Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)
- · Patellar Tendon Pathology: Tendinopathy and Rupture
- · Lateral Ankle Ligament Complex Injuries
- · Plantar Fasciitis: Diagnostic Imaging
- · Morton's neuroma
- Special Arthropathies: Neuropathic, Hemophilic and Psoriatic
- · Charcot Neuropathic Arthropathy
- · Hemophilic arthropathy
- · Psoriatic Arthritis
- Osteochondrosis and Osteochondritis Dissecans
- · Main Osteochondrosis and its Imaging Findings
- · Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD): General Principles
- Fibrous Dysplasia and Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
- · Fibrous Dysplasia
- · Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)
- Imaging Neurography: Peripheral Nerves
- · Ultrasound of Peripheral Nerves
- · MR neurography (MRN)
- · Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS): Gold Standard Diagnosis
- Advanced MRI Techniques in Musculoskeletal
- · Quantitative MRI of Articular Cartilage
- · MR and ECHO elastography
- · Diffusion Magnetic Resonance (DWI/DTI) in MSK
- · Whole Body MRI (WBMRI)
- · Sodium (²³Na) MRI and Phosphospectroscopy (³¹P-MRS)
- Artificial Intelligence in Musculoskeletal Imaging
- · Current Applications with Clinical Evidence
- · Limitations and Ethical Considerations
- · The Future: Multimodal Models and Radiomics
- · Final Summary Table: Imaging Modality by Clinical Scenario
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- Imaging
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- Clinical Bases
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- 2026-08-02