title: Imaging Acute Knee Injuries.
abstract: In brief When a clinician initially examines an athlete who has a knee injury, conventional radiography is the diagnostic imaging method of choice because it can identify most fractures and dislocations. If the athlete has a complex fracture, computed or conventional tomography can provide optimal characterization. If soft-tissue injury is suspected, either arthrography or MRI should be performed, though MRI is becoming the preferred method in such cases.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calkins
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sartoris