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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2015; 19(04): 396-411
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564696
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Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee for the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Musculoskeletal Rheumatic Diseases

Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska
1   Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, and Imaging Diagnostic Department, Warsaw Medical University, Poland
,
Anne Grethe Jurik
2   Division of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
,
Iris Eshed
3   Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
,
Jans Lennart
4   Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
,
Andrew Grainger
5   Department of MSK Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Chapel Allerton Orthopaedic Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom
,
Mikkel Østergaard
6   Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark
,
Andrea Klauser
7   Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Section Rheumatology and Sports Imaging, Innsbruck, Austria
,
Anne Cotten
8   Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France
,
Marius C. Wick
9   Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Mario Maas
10   Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
,
Falk Miese
11   Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Düsseldorf and Practice for Radiology, Nuklear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Bottop, German
,
Niels Egund
12   Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus C, Aarhus, Denmark
,
Nathalie Boutry
13   Service de Radiopédiatrie, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France
,
Mitja Rupreht
14   Department of Radiology, UMC Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
,
Monique Reijnierse
15   Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
,
Edwin H. G. Oei
16   Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
,
Reinhard Meier
17   Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
,
Phil O'Connor
18   NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Imaging Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom
,
Antoine Feydy
19   Department of Radiology B, Cochin Hospital, Paris University of Descartes, Paris Cedex, France
,
Vasco Mascarenhas
20   Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital da Luz, Luz-Saude, Lisbon, Portugal
,
Athena Plagou
21   Ultrasound Unit, Private Radiological Institution, Athens, Greece
,
Paolo Simoni
22   Department of Radiology, University of Bruxelles, Reine Fabiola Children's University Hospital of Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
,
Hannes Platzgummer
23   Department of Biomedical Imaging und Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
,
Winston J. Rennie
24   Department of Radiology, Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
,
Adam Mester
25   Department of Radiology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary
,
James Teh
26   Department of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
,
Philip Robinson
27   Department of MSK Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Chapel Allerton Orthopaedic Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom
,
Giuseppe Guglielmi
28   Department of Radiology, Scientific Institute Hospital “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
,
Gunnar Åström
29   Department of Radiology, Akademiska Sjukhuset, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
,
Claudia Schueller-Weiderkamm
30   Division of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Abstract

This article presents the recommendations of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology Arthritis Subcommittee regarding the standards of the use of MRI in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal rheumatic diseases. The recommendations discuss (1) the role of MRI in current classification criteria of musculoskeletal rheumatic diseases (including early diagnosis of inflammation, disease follow-up, and identification of disease complications); (2) the impact of MRI on the diagnosis of axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile spondyloarthritis; (3) MRI protocols for the axial and peripheral joints; (4) MRI interpretation and reporting for axial and peripheral joints; and finally, (5) methods for assessing MR images including quantitative, semiquantitative, and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI studies.

Keywords

arthritis - sacroiliitis - spondyloarthritis - magnetic resonance imaging - diagnosis
 

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