Atlas of Nuclear Imaging in Sports Medicine

Robert Cooper, FRACP, DDU, is a staff physician in nuclear medicine at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He also works in private practice at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital and at Dee Why Nuclear Medicine also in Sydney. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and holds a Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound. As part of his Nuclear Medicine training, he completed a fellowship at the University of Michigan. Stephen Allwright is a consultant in nuclear medicine at Mater Misericordiae Hospital and at Dee Why Nuclear Medicine in Sydney and is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He completed his nuclear medicine training with a fellowship at the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles and holds a Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound. Jock (Ian F) Anderson was Director of Medical Imaging for the Olympic Games, Sydney 2000. He is a medical graduate of Sydney University and a member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiology. He is also a Fellow of the Australian College of Sports Physicians, having been awarded an Honorary Fellowship for his work in teaching the trainees of the College. He is Visiting Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Imaging at the Department of Anatomy, Sydney University and in Sports Medicine Imaging at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of NSW. In addition, Jock was Visiting Radiologist at the Royal North Shore, Sydney Adventist and Hornsby Kuring-gai Hospitals and a consultant to Sports Imaging at North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre. He was also Medical Officer for NSW Swimming, a member of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation and Committee Member of the Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group.

Foreword Preface

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1. Technical considerations
The bone scan
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2. Concepts in sports medicine imaging
The concept of bone stress and stress fractures
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3. The ankle, foot and heel
Tips on technique
Flow study positions
Ligament injuries of the ankle and foot
Ankle and foot fractures
Tendinosis and enthesopathies
Other conditions of the ankle and foot
The heel
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4. The leg
The confusion of terminologies
Tips on technique
Bone stress and fractures of the tibia and fibula
Periosteal reaction
Compartment syndromes
Other causes
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5. The knee
Tips on technique
Fractures
Synovitis and degenerative changes
Osteonecrosis
Enthesopathies
Ligaments
Osteochondritis dissecans
Menisci
Other conditions

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6. The pelvis, hip and thigh
Tips on technique
Fractures
Arthritis
Enthesopathy, tendinitis and bursitis
Thigh splints
Muscle injury
Avascular necrosis of the femoral head
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7. The spine
Tips on technique
Choice of imaging method
Fractures
Arthritis
Pseudarthrosis
Disc pathology
Other conditions
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8. The shoulder girdle and thorax
Tips on technique
Fractures
Enthesopathies
Arthritis/frozen shoulder
Muscle injury
Other conditions
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9. The elbow and forearm
Tips on technique
Fractures
Enthesopathies
Other conditions
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10. The hand and wrist
Tips on technique
Fractures
Tendinosis
Synovitis/osteoarthritis
Ligament injuries
Other conditions



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Index