Joint MRI (Knee, Shoulder, Hip & More)

Self-pay musculoskeletal MRI at Sagena Frýdek-Místek images muscles, joints and bones in high detail — meniscal and ligament tears, cartilage lesions, occult fractures invisible on X-ray, and inflammatory or tumourous changes of the skeleton. Suitable for shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle and the small joints of the hand. The 3T Magnetom VIDA is especially strong for cartilage, tendon and bone imaging, making this a go-to scan for orthopaedic and sports injuries; two joints can be combined at a package price.

Joint MRI is the definitive non-invasive examination for orthopaedic and sports medicine: it shows the structures that X-ray and ultrasound cannot fully assess — menisci, cruciate and collateral ligaments, labrum, articular cartilage, tendons, bone marrow and the soft tissues around the joint. **Why 3T matters for joints:** cartilage, tendons and bone have a low proton content and are inherently difficult to image at 1.5T. Sagena's Magnetom VIDA 3T, with Deep Resolve AI reconstruction, makes these low-signal structures markedly more visible — helpful for subtle cartilage defects, partial tendon tears and early degenerative change that drive treatment decisions in orthopaedics and sports medicine. **Common uses:** knee pain after a twisting injury (meniscus, ACL), shoulder impingement and rotator cuff tears, unexplained hip or groin pain (labral tears, early avascular necrosis), wrist and ankle injuries with normal X-rays, occult and stress fractures, osteomyelitis and inflammatory arthritis work-up, and characterising bone or soft-tissue masses. Examining both knees, both hips or an injured pair of joints in one visit is priced as a two-joint package (10,000 Kč rather than 12,000 Kč separately). **The examination** takes roughly 20–30 minutes per joint with a dedicated surface coil. You lie still; for shoulder or wrist scans positioning matters and the radiographer will guide you. Contrast is reserved for specific questions such as suspected tumour or infection. **Booking and safety:** self-pay, no referral queue, slots from 24 hours (guaranteed within 72), online booking and payment. Joint replacements and orthopaedic metal in place for over 6 weeks are generally MRI-safe but create local artefacts — report all hardware when booking. Standard exclusions apply (pacemaker, neurostimulator, cochlear implant, eye metal, insulin pump, first-trimester pregnancy).