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Elbow Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Imaging Anatomy and Evaluation

Elbow Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Imaging Anatomy and Evaluation Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/topicsinmri by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/03/2020 REVIEW ARTICLE Elbow Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Imaging Anatomy and Evaluation Jennifer Hauptfleisch, MBChB, FRCR, Collette English, BMBS, FRCR, and Darra Murphy, MBBCh, BAO, FFR(RCSI), FRCPC the prone position with the shoulder extended and the arm raised Abstract: The elbow is a complex joint. Magnetic resonance imaging above the head (“superman” position). Dedicated surface coils (MRI) is often the imaging modality of choice in the workup of elbow pain, help to improve image quality. Coronal, axial, and sagittal images especially in sports injuries and younger patients who often have either are acquired using T1- and T2-weighted images (Table 1). It is im- a history of a chronic repetitive strain such as the throwing athlete or a dis- portant to include the radial tuberosity in the axial images as the tinct traumatic injury. Traumatic injuries and alternative musculoskeletal biceps tendon attaches here. The distal biceps tendon has an pathologies can affect the ligaments, musculotendinous, cartilaginous, oblique course, and partial volume averaging can be problematic. and osseous structures of the elbow as well as the 3 main nerves to the The extent of the distal tendon can be better seen with the flexed upper limb, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Wolters Kluwer Health

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Wolters Kluwer Health
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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/topicsinmri by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/03/2020 REVIEW ARTICLE Elbow Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Imaging Anatomy and Evaluation Jennifer Hauptfleisch, MBChB, FRCR, Collette English, BMBS, FRCR, and Darra Murphy, MBBCh, BAO, FFR(RCSI), FRCPC the prone position with the shoulder extended and the arm raised Abstract: The elbow is a complex joint. Magnetic resonance imaging above the head (“superman” position). Dedicated surface coils (MRI) is often the imaging modality of choice in the workup of elbow pain, help to improve image quality. Coronal, axial, and sagittal images especially in sports injuries and younger patients who often have either are acquired using T1- and T2-weighted images (Table 1). It is im- a history of a chronic repetitive strain such as the throwing athlete or a dis- portant to include the radial tuberosity in the axial images as the tinct traumatic injury. Traumatic injuries and alternative musculoskeletal biceps tendon attaches here. The distal biceps tendon has an pathologies can affect the ligaments, musculotendinous, cartilaginous, oblique course, and partial volume averaging can be problematic. and osseous structures of the elbow as well as the 3 main nerves to the The extent of the distal tendon can be better seen with the flexed upper limb,

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Published: Apr 1, 2015

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