Imaging of Rheumatoid Arthritis
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Imaging and Theranostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 92
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In Rheumatoid Arthritis, US and MRI play an important role. However, PET imaging is also becoming more and more important, e.g., for the differentiation between RA and other types of arthritis.
The purpose of this issue is to review hot topics in the imaging of RA, such as:
- The use of US and MRI in clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA)-a pre-RA stage in which a patient with arthralgia presents with features clinically suspicious of the development of RA.
- New MRI sequences that avoid contrast administration (Dixon technique, diffusion).
- Nuclear medicine, including PET with with 18F-FDG, 18F-NaF, or other specific radiopharmaceuticals.
In addition, the current status of the following topics will be reviewed:
- Conventional radiography in RA.
- Imaging of RA of wrist and hand.
- Imaging of RA of the foot and ankle.
- Imaging of RA of the cervical spine.
- Imaging of RA of great joints (shoulder, elbow, hip and knee).
- Imaging of thoracic manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. José Antonio Narváez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- clinical suspect arthralgia
- power Doppler US
- difussion MR imaging
- Dixon sequences MR imaging
- PET imaging
