ACR–SPR–SSR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE PERFORMANCE AND INTERPRETATION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) OF THE ANKLE AND HINDFOOT

PREAMBLE

INTRODUCTION

II.

INDICATIONS

III.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

IV.

SAFETY GUIDELINES AND POSSIBLE CONTRAINDICATIONS

SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

Patient Selection

SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

Facility Requirements

SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION

Examination Technique

VI.

DOCUMENTATION

VII.

EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

VIII.

QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Writing Committee – members represent their societies in the initial and final revision of this practice parameter

ACR
Colak, Ceylan MD, Chair
Alizai, Hamza MD
Garner, Hillary W MD
Johnson, Stefan MD
Mills, Megan MD

SPR
Brown, Colin MD
Drake, Mary MD
Samet, Jonathan D MD

SSR
Flug, Jonathan MBA, MD
Rhodes, Nicholas G MD

Committee on Practice Parameters - Musculoskeletal Imaging

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Subhas, Naveen MD, MPH, Chair	Alaia, Erin MD	Bredella, Miriam A MD	Chang, Connie Y MD
Colak, Ceylan MD	Demehri, Shadpour MD	Garner, Hillary W MD	Gelczer, Robert Kent MD
Gyftopoulos, Soterios MD, MSc	Johnson, Stefan MD	Mills, Megan MD	Mintz, Douglas N MD
Samet, Jonathan D MD	Shah, Jordyn DO

Committee on Practice Parameters - Pediatric Imaging

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Amodio, John B MD, Chair	Alizai, Hamza MD	Bhimaniya, Sudhir X MBBS, MD	Blumfield, Einat MD
Collard, Michael MD	Desoky, Sarah M MD	Kurian, Jessica MD	Lai, Hollie A MD
Lasiecka, Zofia M MD, PhD	Laufer, Adina MD	Li, Arleen MD	Maloney, John A MD
Noda, Sakura MD	Poletto, Erica MD	Shah, Summit MD	Vatsky, Seth DO

Bulas, Dorothy I MD, Chair, Commission on Pediatric Radiology

Larson, David B MBA, MD, Chair, Commission on Quality and Safety

Rosenkrantz, Andrew MD, Chair, Commission on Body Imaging

Comments Reconciliation Committee

Batlle, Juan C MBA, MD - CSC, Chair	Van Tassel, Dane MD - CSC, Co-Chair	Alizai, Hamza MD	Amodio, John B MD
Brown, Colin MD	Bulas, Dorothy I MD	Colak, Ceylan MD	Drake, Mary MD
Flug, Jonathan MBA, MD	Garner, Hillary W MD	Johnson, Stefan MD	Larson, David B MBA, MD
Mills, Megan MD	Rhodes, Nicholas G MD	Rosenkrantz, Andrew MD	Rubin, Eric MD - CSC
Samet, Jonathan D MD	Schoppe, Kurt - CSC	Subhas, Naveen MD, MPH

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