CONTEMPORARY IMAGING OF ATHLETIC INJURIES

The team physician is faced with an array of imaging studies to evalua te the injured athlete, including CT scans, conventional and cross-sec tional arthrography, bone scanning, sonography, and MR imaging. An und erstanding of the clinical usefulness of these examinations requires s ome knowledge of the physical principles on which they are based. This article presents the fundamental physical principles and summarizes t he indications for these tests to the evaluation of common athletic in jures.