title: Technical considerations for magnetic resonance imaging of the ankle and foot.
abstract: The hardware and software factors that impinge on the appearance and quality of MR images of the ankle and foot are reviewed. The importance of static field strength is discussed. The local (surface) coils that can be applied to this anatomic region are reviewed. The properties of the available pulse sequences and the differences among them are addressed with particular attention to their impact on the imaging of the ankle and foot.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kneeland
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*