Musculoskeletal Imaging
Using imaging to understand human movement
Musculoskeletal imaging examines the structural and functional properties of tissues such as skeletal muscle, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and bone.
![Cropped coronal MRI scan of the knee](https://ciadvancedimaging.org/images/default-source/research-images/knee_high_res_cropped_2-to-1.png?sfvrsn=ce7bf25d_0)
Research activities in this area include:
- Improving the understanding of the structure and function of articular and meniscal cartilage, ligaments, and tendons of the knee joint
- Characterizing the internal structure of muscles and how this structure affects a muscle’s ability to produce force
- Studying the blood supply to muscles and how it changes in metabolic diseases