Imaging Strategies for the Knee

1 Functional anatomy of the knee joint
Joint mechanics
Bony structures
Soft tissue structures
2 Traumatic disorders
Fractures
Fracture complications
Soft tissue injuries (tendon, muscle, capsule, ligament apparatus)
Dislocations
3 Degenerative diseases
Primary osteoarthritis
Secondary osteoarthritis
Fibrosis of the infrapatellar fat pad
Meniscus degeneration
4 Inflammatory diseases
Infectious diseases of the joint
Osteomyelitis
Rheumatic disorders: chief symptom arthritis
5 Tumors and tumor-like lesions of the knee joint
Malignant bone tumors
Potentially malignant bone tumors
Benign primary tumors of the bone
Tumor-like lesions of the bone
Other malignant bone tumors
6 Endocrine/metabolic disorders and crystal-induced diseases
Osteomalacia and rickets
Osteoporosis
Hyperparathyroidism
Renal osteodystrophy and aluminum-induced osteomalacia
Renal osteodystrophy
Acromegaly
Calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease (CPPD)
Gout (arthritis urica)
7 Ischemic diseases
Osteonecrosis
Bone infarction
Osteochondritis dissecans
8 Hematologic diseases
Anemia(s)
Leukemia
Hemophilic arthropathy
Plasmacytoma
9 Neuropathic osteoarthropathy
10 Pediatric radiology
Normal skeletal development and normal variants
Abnormal skeletal development
Trauma
Tumors
Inflammatory diseases
Metabolic diseases
Hematology