2019 Musculoskeletal Imaging in Clinical Practice

2019 Musculoskeletal Imaging in Clinical Practice

About This CME Teaching Activity

2019 Musculoskeletal Imaging in Clinical Practice is a comprehensive CME teaching activity focused on the clinical application of musculoskeletal imaging in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and management of a wide range of MSK disorders.

This educational program reviews modern imaging strategies with a strong emphasis on MRI interpretation, surgical correlation, sports-related injuries, trauma evaluation, postoperative imaging, spine pathology, joint disorders, and image-guided musculoskeletal procedures. The course also highlights the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration between radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, and referring clinicians when determining the most appropriate patient management approach.

Expert faculty share practical techniques, interpretation tips, diagnostic pearls, and common pitfalls in musculoskeletal imaging. The information presented is designed to help improve diagnostic accuracy, expand clinical applications, and support more confident decision-making in daily practice.

The faculty have been selected for both their teaching ability and their recognized expertise in musculoskeletal imaging and clinical care.

Target Audience

This CME activity is designed primarily for diagnostic imaging physicians and radiologists who supervise, perform, or interpret musculoskeletal MRI examinations.

It is also highly relevant for orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, rheumatologists, pain management specialists, emergency medicine physicians, residents, fellows, and referring clinicians who order musculoskeletal imaging studies and want a better understanding of the strengths, limitations, and clinical value of MRI and other imaging techniques.

Educational Objectives

At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply current musculoskeletal MRI protocols for evaluating common and complex joint, spine, bone, tendon, ligament, and soft tissue disorders.
• Improve interpretation of MRI findings in the knee, shoulder, hip, elbow, foot, ankle, and spine.
• Recognize imaging features of sports injuries, trauma, degenerative disease, infection, postoperative changes, and tumor-like conditions.
• Identify common pitfalls and artifacts in musculoskeletal MRI and apply practical problem-solving strategies.
• Correlate imaging findings with arthroscopic, surgical, and clinical management considerations.
• Understand the role of image-guided diagnostic and therapeutic musculoskeletal injections.
• Enhance diagnostic confidence through case-based learning and expert interpretation tips.

Topics Included

1. MRI of the Knee Menisci: Tricks and Tips
2. MRI of the Knee Ligaments and Miscellaneous Disorders
3. MRI of the Knee: Case-Based Review
4. Posterolateral Corner of the Knee Made Simple
5. MRI of the Knee: Arthroscopic Validation of MRI Findings
6. MRI of the Foot and Ankle
7. Femoroacetabular Impingement Update
8. Current Concepts in Imaging and Arthroscopy of the Hip
9. MRI and Bone Marrow: Practical Solutions to Common Problems
10. Degenerative Disc Disease: Pathophysiology and Nomenclature
11. The Craniocervical Junction
12. What Level Is This? Making Sense of Transitional Spinal Anatomy
13. MRI of Spine Infection and Differential Diagnosis
14. MR of Spine Trauma
15. Pearls and Pitfalls in Shoulder MRI
16. Postoperative Spine Imaging
17. The Throwing Shoulder
18. Recent Articles Important to Your Practice
19. MR of Sports Injuries in the Professional Athlete
20. Can We Determine Return to Play?
21. MRI Following Joint Replacement
22. MRI of Musculoskeletal Masses and Tumor-Like Conditions
23. Biceps Muscle and Tendon in the Upper Extremity
24. Bone, Tendon, and Muscle Injuries
25. Image-Guided Diagnostic and Therapeutic MSK Injections
26. Postoperative Shoulder
27. Orthopedic Injuries: From Diagnosis to Treatment
28. New and Proven Techniques for Rapid Musculoskeletal MRI
29. Automated MR Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System
30. Metal Artifacts in MRI: Practical Problem Solving
31. MRI of the Shoulder
32. Elbow MRI
33. MRI of the Hip
34. Multi-Detector CTA of Extremity Trauma

Key Features

• Comprehensive review of musculoskeletal MRI and clinical imaging
• Practical case-based teaching from expert faculty
• Covers spine, shoulder, knee, hip, elbow, foot, ankle, trauma, and sports injuries
• Includes postoperative imaging, metal artifact reduction, MSK masses, and image-guided injections
• Ideal for radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine clinicians, and MSK imaging professionals

Recommended For

Radiologists, musculoskeletal imaging specialists, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, emergency physicians, rheumatologists, pain specialists, residents, fellows, and clinicians involved in the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders.