Mastery Series

Foot & Ankle MRI

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8.5 CME

106 Videos

44 Clinical Cases

8.5 CME

Course Description

Foot and ankle injuries/abnormalities can be amongst the most debilitating conditions in MSK imaging. Whether it’s a game-time injury featuring an athlete or a grocery store parking lot accident involving your elderly neighbor, reading a foot & ankle MRI entails participation in decisions about a patient’s mobility and therefore their quality of life. In addition to discerning orthopedic surgeons, you may also field referrals from busy podiatrists who know their field thoroughly and expect the same from their imagers.

There’s a lot to consider with the complex anatomy of the foot and ankle; spraining the ankle ligaments can often lead to complications in the mid-foot and masses in any of the local regions can have an adverse effect on the multiple nerve pathways that pass through the joint. Recognizing the signs of injury in one area of the foot can help you ferret out what other anatomy may have been impacted.

If you aren’t lucky enough to get a detailed or accurate report of the mechanism of injury, you may be using corollary clues to piece together your evaluation.

Which damage is acute and which is chronic?
How stable is the ankle?
Is nerve injury a factor?

Join Dr. Stephen Pomeranz in this Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series, including in-depth review of anatomy, protocols & sequences along with extensive case review. This Course will help you sharpen your reading skills and establish yourself as a go-to reader in this musculoskeletal field where the volume of patients can be as large as the injury variation is wide.

Foot & Ankle MRI Anatomy & Diagnoses Covered in this Course

Achilles tendon injury
Ancillary stabilizers
Anterior tarsal tunnel space
Anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome
Charcot foot vs reactive arthritis
Coalition
Collateral ligaments
Deep peroneal nerve
Deltoid ligament
Extensor digitorum longus
Extensor hallucis longus
Fibromatosis
Hemangioma
Instability
Inversion injury
Lisfranc injury, Lisfranc joint
Lymphangioma
Masses
Medial plantar nerve
Morton’s Neuroma
Nerve Tumor
Osteoarthritis
Osteochondral defect of talar dome
Osteomyelitis
Peroneus brevis, Peroneus longus
Plantar fasciitis
Posterior tibial tendon
PVNS
Saphenous nerve
Sensory nerve supply
Sinus Tarsi Syndrome
Sprains
Superficial peroneal nerve
Sural nerve
Syndesmosis widening
Synovial Sarcoma
Tibial nerve
Tibialis anterior tendon
And much more…

People take their ankles for granted, and it shows in the frequency and mechanism of injuries to this joint. Whether it’s a game-time injury featuring an athlete or a grocery store parking lot accident involving your elderly neighbor, reading an ankle MRI entails participation in decisions about a patient’s mobility and therefore their quality of life.

Learning Outcomes & CME Information

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Apply appropriate search patterns to ensure high quality case assessment

Identify key anatomical landmarks, variations, and abnormalities on imaging

Accurately interpret advanced imaging cases

Formulate definitive diagnoses and limited differentials

Instructors

Stephen J Pomeranz, MD

Chief Medical Officer, ProScan Imaging. Founder, MRI Online

ProScan Imaging

Show Content Titles

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Pre-Course Activities

1 Clinical Cases

5 min.

Watch this case review for free!

6 m.

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Introduction

3 min.

Why MRI in Ankle?

4 m.

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Protocols and Sequences

1 Clinical Cases

50 min.

Foot and Ankle Coils

4 m.

Sagittal Ankle View

5 m.

Sagittal Plane: Field of View

5 m.

Ankle Short Axis Projection

8 m.

Special Sequences and Pitfalls: Coronal and Paracoronal Plane

6 m.

Ankle MRI: Additive Gradient Echo Sequence

6 m.

Ankle Neutral Positioned Scans: Dorsiflexed Ankle

7 m.

Different Sequences in Low Field Ankle Imaging

7 m.

Ankle MRI: Expanded Field of View on 1.5 Tesla

7 m.

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Anatomy

1 hr. 41 min.

Ligamentous Anatomy on Neutral Position

4 m.

Ankle MRI: Posterior Ligaments in Coronal Plane

3 m.

Ankle MRI: Anterior Ligaments in Coronal Plane

2 m.

Ankle MRI: Anterior Ligaments in Sagittal Plane

3 m.

Ankle MRI: Posterior Ligaments in Sagittal Plane

3 m.

Ankle Ligaments in Axial Plane

6 m.

Lateral Collateral Ligamentous Anatomy: Coronal Projection

3 m.

Deltoid Ligament Anatomy

5 m.

Deltoid Ligament: Axial Plane

2 m.

Deltoid Ligament: Sagittal Plane

2 m.

Deltoid Ligament: Coronal Plane

4 m.

Deltoid Ligament: Origins and Insertions

4 m.

Deltoid Ligament: Superficial Layer Lateral view

2 m.

Tendinous Anatomy

3 m.

Achilles Tendon

5 m.

Posterior Tibial Tendon

4 m.

Peroneus Brevis: Axial and Sagittal View

4 m.

Peroneus Brevis: Sagittal and Coronal view

3 m.

Peroneus Longus

6 m.

Tibialis Anterior Tendon

5 m.

Extensor Hallucis Longus

3 m.

Extensor Digitorum Longus

4 m.

Extensor Digitorum Longus Pitfalls and Extensor Retinacula

5 m.

Anterior Tarsal Tunnel Space

2 m.

Anterior Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

4 m.

Deep Peroneal Nerve

2 m.

Superficial Peroneal Nerve

2 m.

Sural Nerve

2 m.

Saphenous Nerve

2 m.

Tibial Nerve

2 m.

Sensory Nerve Supply

3 m.

Medial Plantar Nerve

5 m.

Lateral & Medial Plantar Nerves

5 m.

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Mid-foot Anatomy

1 Clinical Cases

17 min.

The Lisfranc Joint

6 m.

Columnar Mid-foot Anatomy

2 m.

Ancillary Stabilizers in the Mid-Foot

4 m.

Lisfranc Injury Classifications

2 m.

Classifying Lisfranc Injury on MRI (10-year-old female)

6 m.

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Case Review

10 Clinical Cases

2 hr. 57 min.

Midfoot Subluxation: Lisfranc Ligament Injury

8 m.

Lisfranc Ligament Injury

7 m.

Lisfranc Injury: Nunley-Vertullo Classification

10 m.

High Ankle Injury

13 m.

Coronal Projection in Inversion Injury: Low Ankle Injury

8 m.

Axial Projection in Inversion Injury: Low Ankle injury

8 m.

Posterior Ankle Ligaments Anatomy

2 m.

Ankle Impingement Syndromes: Posterolateral Impingement Syndrome

11 m.

Anterolateral Impingement Syndrome

5 m.

Sinus Tarsi Syndrome

10 m.

Microtrabecular Stress Injury and Osteochondral Defect

9 m.

Osteochondral Defect

11 m.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type 1: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

10 m.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type 2

4 m.

Talocalcaneal Coalition

7 m.

Achilles Tendon Tear

14 m.

Medial Ankle Pain: R/O Psterior Tibial Tendon Tear

11 m.

Peroneus Longus and Brevis Tendons Tear

4 m.

Multiple Tendon Tears

12 m.

Posterior Tibial Tendon Injury

6 m.

Posterior Tibial Tendon Injury

5 m.

Plantar Fibromatosis

6 m.

Turf Toe

8 m.

Lesson

Foot & Ankle Masses

32 Clinical Cases

2 hr. 28 min.

Introduction to Foot & Ankle Masses

1 m.

Ganglion Cyst

6 m.

Lymphangioma

4 m.

Hemangioma

5 m.

Granuloma Annulare

5 m.

Nerve Tumor

6 m.

Plantar Fibromatosis

5 m.

Charcot Foot

5 m.

Brody's Abscess

9 m.

Osteomyelitis and Fracture in the Big Toe

4 m.

Osteomyelitis from Ingrown Toenail

4 m.

Osteomyelitis with Multiple Tracts Infected

4 m.

Septic Joint

7 m.

Foreign Body- Splinter

5 m.

Necrotizing Fasciitis

7 m.

Infected Re-Rupture

3 m.

Morton's Neuroma

7 m.

Intermetatarsal Bursal Cyst

7 m.

Stem Ligament Bursal Cyst

6 m.

Dermato Fibroma Protuberans

4 m.

Schwannoma

6 m.

Synovial Sarcoma

7 m.

Lipomatous Skin Tag

3 m.

Calcaneal Lipoma with Infarction

4 m.

unicameral bone cyst

3 m.

PVNS

6 m.

Giant tophus

5 m.

Tenosynovial Cyst

3 m.

GCT- Secondary ABC

6 m.

Osteoid Osteoma- Focal

5 m.

Os Naviculare Syndrome Type 2

5 m.

ONS TYPE 3

4 m.

Cystic Degeneration Rare Cyst of PB

3 m.

Summary of Foot & Ankle Masses

2 m.

Foot & Ankle MRI

Course Description

Foot & Ankle MRI Anatomy & Diagnoses Covered in this Course

Faculty Planning and Disclosures

Instructors

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Pre-Course Activities

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Introduction

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Protocols and Sequences

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Anatomy

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Mid-foot Anatomy

Lesson

Foot & Ankle MRI Mastery Series: Case Review

Lesson

Foot & Ankle Masses

Course Evaluation

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