21 Metabolic Diseases, Nutritional Disorders, and Skeletal Dysplasias ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN, JOHN TASSONE JR, AND CRISTINA MARCHIS-CRISAN Many systemic disorders demonstrate associated radiographic findings in the lower extremity. Although these…
17 Osteonecrosis and Osteochondrosis ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN, CRISTINA MARCHIS-CRISAN, AND RANDY E. COHEN Osteonecrosis and osteochondrosis are two radiographically similar disorders associated with multiple etiologies. Overlap between these disorders often…
2 Film–Screen Radiography ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN, MARY OEHLER, CASIMIR F. STRUGIELSKI, AND DAVID E. WILLIAMSON THE IMAGE RECEPTOR For over 100 years, radiography has used some form of film/intensifying screen…
11 Systematic Evaluation of Bone and Joint Abnormalities ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN The radiologic thought process entails three processes: Detect, Describe, and Differential diagnosis (the 3 Ds). The interpreter must first…
24 Overview of Special Imaging Studies ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN AND JOHN TASSONE JR Special imaging studies have proven quite valuable for the evaluation of certain foot pathologies. Most important are…
18 Bone Infection MARIE WILLIAMS AND ROBERT A. CHRISTMAN The radiographic presentation of infection depends on several factors, including the age of patient, route of infection, type of organism involved,…
