Knee pain: Ultrasound and MRI correlation

Abstract

One of the frequent musculoskeletal problems is knee pain. Its prevalence is increasing in the population. If we take aging and obesity out of the equation, still we will note the trend of increasing knee pain among the populations. (Nguyen et al, 2011) As it is a frequently encountered complaint, choosing a screening imaging modality is important. Apart from fractures radiologically screened by plain X-rays and confirmed by computed tomography (CT), MRI is currently widely chosen as the modality of choice to image soft tissue injuries and pathologies. This choice comes usually behind the clinical evaluation by the physician as the primary method of imaging. (Koplas et al, 2008) US is an established effective modality of imaging knee soft tissues like the tendons, ligaments, vascular structures, bursae and the synovium.Some limitations of US in imaging some of the knee soft tissues (cruciate ligaments and menisci ) are known . (Alves et al, 2016)