title: [Standardized ultrasound examination of the ankle joint. Clarification of ultrasound standard image sections by corresponding MRI sections].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Klinik, am Klinikum der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Matter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Konermann
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Litzlbauer
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Standardisierte sonographische Untersuchung des Sprunggelenkes. Erläuterungen der sonographischen Standard-Schnittebenen durch korrespondierende MRT-Schnitte.