Normal lower limb imaging examples

This page lists examples of normal imaging of the lower limb, divided by region and modality.

Pelvic girdle

• plain radiograph
  • Pelvis
    • example 1: frontal
    • example 2: frontal (young adult)
    • example 3: paediatric
    • example 4: paediatric (9/12, 11/12 and older child)
    • example 5: trauma supine
    • example 6, example 7: frontal (female)
    • example 7: paediatric female
    • example 8: paediatric male
    • example 9: male adult pelvis
  • hip:
    • example 1: older adult female (both hips)
    • example 2: older adult male (both hips)
    • example 3: younger adult female (both hips)
    • example 4: with bilateral total hip replacements
  • acetabulum: Judet view
  • sacrum: example
  • sacroiliac joints: example
• CT
  • pelvis:
    • example 1: older adult female
    • example 2: young adult female
    • example 3: young adult male
  • hip: needed
  • hip arthrogram: needed
  • CTA: needed
  • sacroiliac joints: example
• MR
  • pelvis: needed
  • hip non arthrogram
    • example 1
    • example 2
  • hip arthrogram: needed
  • sacro-iliac joint: example
• US infant hip: example
• Fluoroscopy: hip arthrogram needed

Thigh

• plain radiograph
  • femur: needed
    • example 1: AP + lateral (adult female)
    • example 2: AP + lateral (adult male)
    • example 3: AP + lateral (adult male)
    • example 4: AP + lateral (adult female)
• CT
  • femur: needed
  • CTA: needed
• MR: example

Knee

• plain radiograph
  • example 1: AP (young adult male)
  • example 2: AP + lateral (adult male)
  • example 3: AP + lateral (adult female)
  • example 4: AP + lateral + skyline (with annotations)
  • example 5: AP (paediatrics)
  • example 6: with horizontal beam lateral
  • example 7: with horizontal beam lateral
  • example 8: with skyline
  • example 9: AP + lateral (adult male)
• CT: needed
• MRI: example
• US: needed

Leg

• plain radiograph
  • tibia/fibula:example, example 2 (AP), example 3 (lateral), example 4 (pediatric AP + lateral)
• CT
  • tibia/fibula: example 1
  • CTA: needed
• MRI: example

Ankle and foot

• plain radiograph
  • ankle:
    • example 1 (mortise and lateral)
    • example 2 (paediatric AP)
    • example 3 (paediatric lateral)
    • example 4 (AP)
    • example 5 (AP, mortise and lateral)
  • foot:
    • example 1
    • example 2 (including calcaneal series)
    • example 3 (AP)
    • example 4 (oblique)
  • calcaneum:
    • example 1 (axial)
    • example 2 (paediatric lateral)
• toes: needed
• CT:
  • ankle:
    • example 1 (bone window only)
    • example 2 (bone and soft tissue windows)
  • foot: needed
• MR
  • ankle: example 1
  • foot: needed
• US: ankle needed
• fluoroscopy: ankle arthrogram needed