ACR Criteria

Musculoskeletal Imaging

  • Acute Hand and Wrist Trauma
  • Acute Shoulder Pain
  • Acute Trauma to the Knee
  • Avascular Necrosis (Osteonecrosis) of the Hip
  • Chronic Ankle Pain
  • Chronic Elbow Pain
  • Chronic Foot Pain
  • Chronic Hip Pain
  • Chronic Neck Pain
  • Chronic Wrist Pain
  • Follow-up of Malignant or Aggressive Musculoskeletal Tumors
  • Imaging after Total Knee Arthroplasty
  • Metastatic Bone Disease
  • Nontraumatic Knee Pain
  • Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Density
  • Primary Bone Tumors
  • Soft Tissue Masses
  • Stress/Insufficiency Fracture, Including Sacrum, Excluding Other Vertebrae
  • Suspected Ankle Fracture
  • Suspected Osteomyelitis of the foot in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
  • Suspected Spine Trauma
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria