Key result
Ultrasound and MRI are promising tools to change paradigms in early diagnosis and therapy monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis compared to conventional radiography.
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What are the options, uses, and optimization of imaging modalities in rheumatoid arthritis?
What are the options, uses, and optimization of imaging modalities in rheumatoid arthritis?
This review highlights the growing role of MRI and ultrasound, particularly ultrasound, in improving early diagnosis and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis compared to conventional radiography.
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May support earlier RA imaging use; leaves open need for outcome trials before practice change.
Recent advances in imaging technology are dramatically changing the approach to patients with inflammatory arthritis. Conventional radiography is still the major imaging modality used to evaluate patients with rheumatoid arthritis in daily clinical practice. In the last decade, several investigations have shown the diagnostic ability of MRI and ultrasound to rectify the traditional approach to early diagnosis and disease activity monitoring. This review will summarize the options, uses and optimization of these imaging modalities with a special focus on ultrasound, which is currently the most promising tool to change the paradigms in both early diagnosis and therapy monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Grassi et al. (2015) conducted a review in Rheumatoid arthritis. Imaging modalities (MRI, ultrasound, conventional radiography) was evaluated. Ultrasound and MRI are promising tools to change paradigms in early diagnosis and therapy monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis compared to conventional radiography.
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