Imaging | Indications | ||||
Pelvis X-ray | Missed DDH | Any pelvic and hip Fractures | Coxa vara | Slipped capital femoral epiphysis | Legg-Calvé- Perthes disease |
Hip X-ray | Femoral neck fracture, Dislocations, Bone lesions, and Degenerative diseases | ||||
Knee X-ray | Malalignment | Knee arthropathy | Osteoarthritis | ||
Tibia fibula X-ray | Foreign body | Osteomyelitis | Bone lesion | Ankle or Knee dislocations | |
Ankle X-ray | Syndesmotic injury | Bone lesions of the distal lower leg, talus, and proximal fifth metatarsal | Lisfranc injury | Hindfoot deformities | |
Dorsoplantar foot X-ray | Foot malalignment, Lisfranc injury | ||||
Ultra-sonography | Softs tissue injuries (tendon ruptures, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, bursal pathologies) | ||||
Abscesses | Evaluation of joint effusion and arthrocentesis | Foreign bodies | |||
Doppler-sonography | Venous stenosis, Emboli | ||||
CT scan | Occult fractures, Bone lesions (bone cysts, non-ossifying fibromas, osteoid osteomas), | ||||
Intra-abdominal masses | |||||
MRI | Osteomyelitis confirmation | Stress fracture detection | Early diagnosis of leg disease | ||
Early avascular necrosis | Evaluating the extension of malignancies | Spinal disorders | |||
Bone Scan | Hidden stress fracture | Osteomyelitis | Tumors | Metastatic lesions |