MRI MSK: Sports Medicine

MRI MSK: Sports Medicine is organized by International Center for Postgraduate Medical Education (ICPME).

Release Date: July 13, 2022
Expiration Date: July 31, 2024

Educational Objectives:

• Attendees will learn about MRI techniques and pulses sequences for imaging sports related injuries.
• The presentation will be geared towards imaging sports medicine requests using MRI.
• New advances such as Dixon, T2 mapping, and composing for long bones/muscle imaging.
• We will cover a session on case studies using MRI.

Outline:
Overview of MRI Sports Medicine

• The role MRI in Sports Medicine
• Radiologists & technologists Perspective in imaging sports related injuries
• Chronic vs Acute Injuries

Image Quality Parameters

• Phase Array Coils
• Receiver Bandwidth
• Echo Spacing
• Turbo Factor/ETL
• Fat Saturation

Protocol Optimization

• Pulse Sequences
• Proper Angulation
• Coverage/Anatomical structures
• ABER/FABS

CMR: Case Studies

• Sagittal Band (Boxers Knuckles)
• Sterner lesion (UCL)
• Pectoralis Muscle
• Sports Hernia (Athletic Pubalgia)
• Lisfranc Complex