title: Musculoskeletal ultrasound: an update.
abstract: In summary, musculoskeletal sonography is a rapidly growing field of interest around the world. Outside of America, it is often the first and definitive imaging modality fordisorders of the musculoskeletal system. Musculoskeletal ultrasound offers rapid, inexpensive, real-time examination of the structures of interest with easy comparison to the contralateral side. Principles of one area of musculoskeletal sonography easily generalize to other areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Medical Center, Madison 53792-3252, USA.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Teefey
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012782:Shoulder / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*