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Sports and Orthopaedic Imaging

Sports and Orthopaedic Imaging EDITORIAL Christopher F. Beaulieu, MD, PhD his edition of Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging contains 4 articles on sports and Torthopaedic imaging. In part, the contributions were chosen to serve as a review of a subset of musculoskeletal disorders commonly encountered in radiology practice. We sought to include Bhot topics^ such as femoroacetabular impingement and injuries of elbow ligaments. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, each of the chapters incorporates substantial contributions from nonradiologist physicians, themselves and their patients the main consumers of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). For example, the chapter on osseous stress injuries was primarily written by 2 highly experienced sports medicine physicians and is complemented by imaging illustrations. The chapter on elbow ligament injuries is primarily from the viewpoint of elbow surgeons and supplemented by MRI examples. The chapter by Kassarjian and colleagues reviews the current state-of-the-art imaging of femoroacetabular impingement, with input from practicing hip surgeons; and the chapter by Stevens and Dragoo contains not only imaging but also useful clinical information on evaluation and treatment of knee ligament injuries. In short, each of the chapters contains perspectives not often found in purely radiological publicationsV information along the lines of Bwhat the clinician or surgeon wants to know.^ One other thread that runs through this edition is the concept of an iterative feedback loop that exists between diagnostic imaging and clinical practice. On one hand, MRI now permits excellent depiction of bone and joint disorders, giving clinicians much more detailed diagnoses than in the past. These details have helped refine practical anatomical and clinical knowledge of many of the disorders. Increased clinical expectations then feed back to diagnostic imaging, stimulating an appetite for more detail, more biomechanical insight, and higher expectations on the interpreting radiologist. Such is the way it should be, providing for a rapidly evolving, exciting, and sustainable field integrating imaging with clinical and surgical aspects of musculoskeletal disorders. From the Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA. Reprints: Christopher F. Beaulieu, MD, PhD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA (e-mail: beaulieu@stanford.edu). Copyright * 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Top Magn Reson Imaging & Volume 17, Number 5, October 2006 307 Copyr ight © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthor iz ed reproduction of this article is prohibited. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Wolters Kluwer Health

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EDITORIAL Christopher F. Beaulieu, MD, PhD his edition of Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging contains 4 articles on sports and Torthopaedic imaging. In part, the contributions were chosen to serve as a review of a subset of musculoskeletal disorders commonly encountered in radiology practice. We sought to include Bhot topics^ such as femoroacetabular impingement and injuries of elbow ligaments. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, each of the chapters incorporates substantial contributions from nonradiologist physicians, themselves and their patients the main consumers of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). For example, the chapter on osseous stress injuries was primarily written by 2 highly experienced sports medicine physicians and is complemented by imaging illustrations. The chapter on elbow ligament injuries is primarily from the viewpoint of elbow surgeons and supplemented by MRI examples. The chapter by Kassarjian and colleagues reviews the current state-of-the-art imaging of femoroacetabular impingement, with input from practicing hip surgeons; and the chapter by Stevens and Dragoo contains not only imaging but also useful clinical information on evaluation and treatment of knee ligament injuries. In short, each of the chapters contains perspectives not often found in purely radiological publicationsV information along the lines of Bwhat the clinician or surgeon wants to know.^ One other thread that runs through this edition is the concept of an iterative feedback loop that exists between diagnostic imaging and clinical practice. On one hand, MRI now permits excellent depiction of bone and joint disorders, giving clinicians much more detailed diagnoses than in the past. These details have helped refine practical anatomical and clinical knowledge of many of the disorders. Increased clinical expectations then feed back to diagnostic imaging, stimulating an appetite for more detail, more biomechanical insight, and higher expectations on the interpreting radiologist. Such is the way it should be, providing for a rapidly evolving, exciting, and sustainable field integrating imaging with clinical and surgical aspects of musculoskeletal disorders. From the Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA. Reprints: Christopher F. Beaulieu, MD, PhD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA (e-mail: beaulieu@stanford.edu). Copyright * 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Top Magn Reson Imaging & Volume 17, Number 5, October 2006 307 Copyr ight © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthor iz ed reproduction of this article is prohibited.

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