The Musculoskeletal Imaging Update

2025-26 Course Objectives

After completing The 2025-26 Musculoskeletal Imaging Update you should have acquired the knowledge that will better enable you to:

• Improve the ability to interpret MRI of the hip joint, including labral pathology, femoroacetabular impingement, osteonecrosis, fractures, and greater trochanteric pain syndrome, to enhance diagnostic accuracy and patient management.
• Improve proficiency in musculoskeletal ultrasound of the hip by identifying normal anatomy, recognizing common pathology in the anterior, lateral, and posterior hip, and evaluating complications in patients with hip arthroplasty.
• Develop a structured approach for evaluating solitary bone lesions using radiography, MRI, CT, and bone scans to differentiate benign from aggressive lesions and determine when biopsy is necessary.
• Enhance the ability to recognize and differentiate imaging findings of musculoskeletal infections to improve diagnostic accuracy.
• Enhance the ability to interpret MRI of the ankle and foot by recognizing key imaging findings in tendon injuries, ligament tears, osseous abnormalities, neuropathic changes, infections, and soft tissue masses to improve diagnostic accuracy and clinical management.
• Improve the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound to evaluate ankle ligament injuries by understanding normal ligament anatomy, common injury patterns, and dynamic imaging techniques.
• Improve the recognition of subtle and clinically significant lower extremity fractures, understand their hidden implications, and utilize MRI for cases where radiographs are inconclusive.
• Improve recognition of upper extremity fracture patterns by reviewing common injuries from shoulder to hand, with emphasis on radiographic evaluation, mechanism of injury, and clinical relevance.
• Improve the ability to interpret MRI of the wrist and hand by recognizing key imaging findings in tendon abnormalities, joint disease, ligament and triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFC) injuries, nerve entrapment, osseous pathology, and soft tissue masses.
• Enhance skills in musculoskeletal ultrasound of the wrist by reviewing dorsal and volar anatomy, identifying nerve, tendon, and joint pathology, and recognizing accessory muscles and anatomical variations.
• Understand ultrasound of the elbow anatomy, protocol, and dynamic imaging.
• Understand the usefulness of ultrasound in musculoskeletal procedural guidance and learn the techniques.
• Understand MRI knee protocol, knee anatomy, and common pathology and injurie patterns.
• Understand ultrasound knee anatomy, protocol, and dynamic imaging.
• Improve recognition and interpretation of spinal infections and their mimics on imaging, including key MRI and CT features, appropriate use of percutaneous biopsy, and diagnostic pitfalls that affect clinical decision-making.
• Improve diagnostic accuracy in evaluating degenerative and postoperative spine conditions by recognizing key imaging findings, surgical complications, and structural causes of persistent symptoms.
• Understand MRI shoulder protocol, shoulder anatomy, and common pathology.
• Understand ultrasound shoulder anatomy, protocol, and dynamic imaging.
• Understand metrics, analyses and strategies to better ensure practice profitability.
• Understand foundational tax planning strategies and asset protection tools to help radiologists reduce tax liability, safeguard personal wealth, and make informed decisions regarding practice structure and retirement planning.