Seems like it should be pretty easy, right? By now you probably know that the anatomy is deceptively complex, combinations of injuries can be challenging, and of course the referring clinician’s expectations are as high as the range of meniscus injuries is wide.
You may be familiar with direct presentations of pathology, but what about the indirect signs – maybe in a postsurgical knee? How can you tweak the protocols on your magnet to maximize visualization and minimize patient discomfort? The source of the patient’s complaint may be a patellar tendon or posterior corner injury – helps to see a bunch of those so you can readily recognize the appearance. Well, we’ve seen a ton of them, and we’re willing to share!
We can be your guide through the intricacies of the knee. In the Knee MRI Mastery courses, we give you everything you need in order to evaluate this joint. In the two most recent series, Meniscus MRI and MRI of the Supporting Structures, we focus on two important areas of assessment. Through some of our legacy series, Case Review, Professional and Advanced Orthopaedic and Joint, we round out our discussion of the pathology that occurs in the knee.
Knee MRI Anatomy & Diganoses Covered in this Course
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
- Arcuate Ligament
- Bucket Handle Tear
- Cyclops Lesion
- Horizontal Meniscal Tear
- Jumper’s Knee (Infrapatellar Tendinopathy)
- Lateral collateral ligament (LCL)
- Lateral Meniscus
- Ligaments
- Medial collateral ligament (MCL)
- Medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL)
- Meniscal Ossicle
- Meniscocapsular Separation
- Meniscus
- Morel-Lavallée lesion
- Neurovascular bundles
- Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)
- Parrot Beak Tear
- Patellar [Quadriceps] Tendon
- Patellar stabilizers
- Patellofemoral Chondromalacia
- Peroneal Tunnel Syndrome
- Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)
- Posterolateral Corner (PLC)
- Posteromedial Corner (PMC)
- Quadriceps tendon
- Radial Meniscal Tear
- Root Tear
- Segond Fracture
- Sinding-Larsen-Johansson syndrome
- Skeletal relationships
- Synovium
- Tendons (Posterior and Anterior)
- Vertical Tear
- And much more…
Ligament Overview – 7 min
Major Tendons of the Knee – 6 min
Skeletal Relationships – 3 min
Neurovascular Bundles – 4 min
Patellar Stabilizers – 4 min
A Deeper Look at the MPFL – 0 min
The PCL – 2 min
PCL: Coronal, Axial and Sagittal Views – 4 min
PCL: Sagittal on MRI – 4 min
PCL: Coronal on MRI – 3 min
PCL: Axial on MRI – 3 min
The ACL – 4 min
The ACL part 2 – 5 min
ACL: Axial View – 3 min
ACL: Coronal View – 2 min
ACL: Sagittal on MRI – 3 min
ACL: Axial on MRI – 2 min
ACL: Coronal on MRI – 2 min
The MCL: Layer 1 – 4 min
The MCL: Layers 2 & 3 – 7 min
The MCL: Summary – 3 min
Medial Supporting Structures of the Knee – 2 min
The LCL – 3 min
The LCL on MRI – 4 min
The LCL Complex – 5 min
LCL Complex on MRI – 3 min
The Quadriceps Tendon – 4 min
The Quadriceps Tendon on MRI – 5 min
The Posteromedial Corner – 5 min
The Posteromedial Corner: Semimembranosus Expansions – 3 min
The Posteromedial Corner: Semimembranosus Expansions part 2 – 1 min
The Posteromedial Corner: Semimembranosus Expansions part 3 – 2 min
The Posteromedial Corner: Semimembranosus Expansions part 4 – 2 min
The Posteromedial Corner: Posterior Oblique Ligament – 5 min
The Posteromedial Corner: Posterior Oblique Ligament part 2 – 3 min
The Posteromedial Corner: Oblique Popliteal Ligament – 3 min
The Posteromedial Corner: Posterior Capsule – 4 min
The Posteromedial Corner on MRI – 4 min
The Posteromedial Corner on MRI part 2 – 5 min
The Posteromedial Corner on MRI part 3 – 3 min
The Posteromedial Corner on MRI part 4 – 4 min
The Posteromedial Corner on MRI part 5 – 4 min
The Posterolateral Corner: Introduction – 4 min
The Posterolateral Corner: LCL – 6 min
The Posterolateral Corner: Biomechanics – 3 min
The Posterolateral Corner: Popliteus Muscle on MRI – 4 min
The Posterolateral Corner: Arcuate and Fabellofibular Ligament – 5 min
The Posterolateral Corner: Arcuate and Fabellofibular Ligament on MRI – 2 min
The Posterolateral Corner: Biceps Femoris Tendon – 4 min
Case Review: 14 Year Old with a Football Injury 1 week ago – 15 min
Case Review: 54 year old Male with a Twisting Injury – 8 min
Case Review: 28 Year Old Football Player Who Heard a Pop While Making a Cut – 6 min
Case Review: 90 Year Old Female Patient, No History of Trauma, Now Has Swelling – 10 min
Case Review: Return to 14 Year Old Football Player Case – 5 min
Case Review: 37 Year Old Male with Complex Knee Instability – 6 min
Case Review: PCL Mechanism of Injury – 6 min
Case Review: 28 Year Old Injured in a Fall – 6 min
Case Review: PCL Injury Companion Discussion – 4 min
Case Review: 54 Year Old Male with Unknown Mechanism of Injury, Now Has Knee Swelling – 5 min
Case Review: 54 Year Old Male with injury and a small PCL – 3 min
Case Review: 54 Year Old Male – Assessing the Other Posterior Corner – 5 min
Case Review: 25 Year Old Involved in Motor Vehicle Accident – 10 min
Case Review: 49 Year Old with “Osteoarthritis” – 6 min
Case Review: 49 Year Old Female with Knee Pain and a Sensation of Catching – 6 min
Case Review: 66 Year Old Female with Strange PCL Presentation – 5 min
Case Review: 51 Year Old Male with Worsening Chronic Knee Pain – 7 min
Case Review: 36 Year Old Female with Knee Locking after Kickball Game – 11 min
Case Review: 23 Year Old Male with Pain After a Fall – 9 min
Case Review: 22 Year Old Male with Knee Pain. Had Prior ACL Repair – 12 min
Case Review: 12 Year Old Male with Problematic Graft – 9 min
Case Review: 43 Year Old Male with Knee Swelling in Absence of Injury – 7 min
Case Review: 12 Year Old Male with Anterior Knee Pain – 7 min
Welcome to Meniscus MRI – 0 min
A Basic Review of Meniscus Anatomy – 6 min
The Meniscal Hunt – 9 min
Abnormal Signal – Hold ’em or Fold ’em? – 5 min
Meniscal Descriptors – 8 min
Meniscus Tear & Pivot Shift Injuries 1 – 8 min
Meniscus Tear & Pivot Shift Injuries 2 – 7 min
Where did the Meniscus Go? – 8 min
Anatomy of Bucket Handle Tears – 8 min
Bucket Handle Tear Case – 7 min
Anatomy of Root Tears – 8 min
Root Tear Case – 2 min
Lateral Meniscus Rule – 8 min
Lateral Meniscus Case – 8 min
Wrap-up Case 1 – 4 min
Wrap-up Case 2 – 4 min
Wrap-up Case 3 – 6 min
