This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of the Athlete, and is edited by Drs. Adam Zoga and Johannes Roedl. Articles will include: The Thrower’s Shoulder; Multimodality Imaging and Imaging Guided Therapy for the Painful Elbow; The Skeletally Immature and Newly Mature Throwing Athlete; Imaging Throwing Injuries Beyond the Shoulder and Elbow; Imaging Adductor Injury and “The Inguinal Disruption"; Image Guided Core Intervention and Postop Imaging; Core Injuries Remote from the Pubic Symphysis; MRI and MR Arthrography of the Hip; Knee Meniscus Biomechanics and Microinstability; Imaging Turf Toe and Traumatic Forefoot Injury; Imaging the Postoperative Knee; The Hindfoot Arch: What Role does the Imager Play?; Using Imaging to Determine Return to Play; and more!

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Genitourinary Imaging, and is edited by Dr. Andrew B. Rosenkrantz. Articles will include: Renal Stone Imaging; Imaging of Solid Renal Masses; Imaging of Cystic Renal Masses; Practical Adrenal Imaging; Dual-energy CT in Genitourinary Imaging; Imaging Genitourinary Trauma; Upper and Lower Tract Urothelial Imaging; Pediatric Genitourinary Imaging; Prostate MR Imaging; The Evidence For and Against Corticosteroid Prophylaxis in At-Risk Patients; Image-guided Renal Interventions; Diffusion-Weighted Genitourinary Imaging; and more!

This issue reviews and updates a variety of topics in pancreatic imaging. Pearls on the Multiphasic CT of the pancreas are offered, along with the key MRI techniques for pancreatic imaging. Emerging CT, MR and US techniques for pancreatic evaluation (such as dual energy, DCMRI, spectroscopy, and US contrast) are elucidated. Ultrasound for pancreatic imaging is given a thorough review. An update on staging and resectability of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is discussed. Acute and chronic pancreatitis are reviewed, as well as cystic pancreatic lesions, congenital pancreatic anomalies, uncommon solid pancreatic neoplasms, and other pancreatic pathology. Post-operative imaging of the pancreas is discussed, and finally, an update on endoscopic techniques for the pancreas is provided.

Imaging plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of athletic injuries. This issue focuses on athletic injuries of the upper extremity, and best-practices approach to imaging these areas. Shoulder injuries are given their own review, as are football injuries to the upper extremity, throwing injuries to the upper extremity, and injuries associated with club and racquet sports. Use of MR Imaging in particular is discussed for the labrum and elbow, and MR Arthrography of the upper extremity is reviewed. Wrist and hand injuries are discussed in detail in separate articles, and imaging of the pediatric athlete is addressed as well.

Imaging of the spine is given a thorough update in this issue, beginning with an article on spine segmentation, enumeration and normal variants. Imaging of degenerative disease of the spine is then reviewed, giving consideration to appropriate utilization of imaging, specificity and sensitivity shortcomings in evaluation of degenerative disease, risks and benefits of imaging of degenerative disease, and the prevalence of radicular and xial pain and underlying pain generators. Next, the validity and socioeconomic impact of spine imaging in evaluating “degenerative pain syndromes is reviewed. Pathophysiology and biomechanics of disc and posterior element of degenerative disease is reviewed, along with imaging of radiculopathy / radiculitis, imaging of central canal stenosis, and imaging of discogenic pain (using MRI and discography). Imaging of joint related axial pain, spine neoplasm, spine infection, and non-acute trauma is also covered.

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of the Upper Limb and is edited by Drs. Giuseppe Guglielmi and Alberto Bazzocchi. Articles will include: Functional and surgical anatomy of the upper limb: what the radiologist needs to know; Overuse injuries of the shoulder; The acutely injured shoulder; Overuse injuries of the elbow; The acutely injured elbow; Overuse injuries of the wrist; The acutely injured wrist; Imaging of rheumatic diseases affecting the upper limb; Imaging of upper limb tumours and tumour-like pathology; Imaging the post-surgical upper limb, the radiologist perspective; MR imaging of the upper limb: pitfalls, tricks & tips; Ultrasound imaging dynamic evaluation of the upper limb; Upper limb intervention; Imaging of peripheral nerves; and more!

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This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of the Pelvis and Lower Extremity, and is edited by Drs. Laura Bancroft and Kurt Scherer. Articles will include: Turf toe injury/Plantar plate pathology; Lisfranc injury; Metatarsalgia; Ankle impingement types; Posterolateral corner injury; Imaging of the post-operative meniscus; Demystifying uncommon sources of pelvic pain; Current concepts of femoro-acetabular impingement; Bone/soft tissue tumors about the foot/ankle; Ultrasound intervention of the lower extremity/pelvis; Lower extremity neuropathies (entrapment); Extreme sport injuries of the pelvis/lower extremity; and more!

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Diffuse Lung Disease, and is edited by Dr. Jeffrey Kanne. Articles will include: Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: An Update; Collagen-Vascular Diseases; Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis; Acute Lung Injury; Occupational Lung Diseases; Pulmonary Vasculitis; Eosinophilic Lung Diseases; Large Airways Diseases; Small Airways Diseases; Smoking Related Lung Diseases; Pulmonary Hypertension; and more!