[Standardized ultrasound examination of the ankle joint. Clarification of ultrasound standard image sections by corresponding MRI sections].
OBJECTIVE
The sonographical examination of the ankle was demonstrated in five standard cross-sections presented by the DEGUM (German Society for the Development of Ultrasonography in the Locomotor Apparatus) and compared with corresponding MRI cross-sections.


METHODS
The sonographical examination was done in a real-time method with an ultrasound unit Type Versa (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) and with a linear transducer (frequency 7.5 Mhz). The MRI tomographies were taken in two planes with the unit Type Magnetom (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) with a 1.5 Tesla head-coil in T1- and T2-weighted spin echo sequences.


RESULTS
Focus on the ventral, lateral and dorsal region provided a good overview of the superior ankle joint and the periarticular soft tissues.


CONCLUSIONS
Being a cross-sectional method, the sonographical examination of the ankle joint offers additional information with regard to pathological changes of the joint and the periarticular soft-tissues.
Matter
H P
HP
Orthopädische Klinik, am Klinikum der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
Gruber
G
G
Konermann
W
W
Gruber
G M
GM
Litzlbauer
H D
HD
D000328:Adult; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*
Standardisierte sonographische Untersuchung des Sprunggelenkes. Erläuterungen der sonographischen Standard-Schnittebenen durch korrespondierende MRT-Schnitte.