CT MSK without contrast
(last updated 5/11/2023, last reviewed 01/15/2026)
INDICATIONS: Fracture, trauma, pain, preoperative planning, metastases, infection, osteomyelitis, bone lesion.
SERIES
- 3 mm Axial bone algorithm
- 3 mm Axial soft tissue algorithm
- 3 mm Coronal bone **coronal to joint/bone of interest
- 3 mm Coronal soft tissue **coronal to joint/bone of interest
- 3 mm Sagittal bone **sagittal to joint/bone of interest
- 3 mm Sagittal soft tissue **sagittal to joint/bone of interest
- 3D reformats when requested/if needed
- Use metal artifact reduction algorithm when appropriate
- see below for reformat plane examples; orient reformats relative to joint/bone of interest. NOT scan plane
- Please provide oblique axial reformats for foot oriented with plane of first metatarsal (see below)
