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19041072

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Imaging represents a cornerstone for diagnosing and monitoring rheumatic diseases. In the last few years, with the availability of highly effective therapies, demand for the technical performance of imaging has increased exponentially, leading to rapid development of new technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound (US). In both clinical practice and clinical trials, there is a need for tools that are sensitive to change and to therapy response, which are able to depict inflammatory changes early, before irreversible joint damage has occurred. Despite these advances, conventional radiography (CR) and bone scintigraphy (BS), the two oldest imaging tests, continue to provide enormous diagnostic and prognostic help for the study of many musculoskeletal disorders. Furthermore, CR is an inexpensive, widely available and reproducible tool for evaluating and monitoring structural damage. This chapter focuses on the roles of CR and BS in rheumatological clinical practice, taking into account their performance in comparison with the newer imaging techniques.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1532-1770
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
961-79
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The role of conventional radiography and scintigraphy in the third millennium.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Review