Imaging News

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Single Dose of Denosumab Reduces Bone Erosion in RA
MRI and X-ray data show that a single dose of denosumab reduces progression of bone erosions in RA patients...

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Echorheumatology: Will Growing Interest in Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Result in a New Subspecialty?
UK rheumatologists sound off on some of the barriers to in-office ultrasonography...

Tuesday, May 01, 2007 MRI Erosions, Edema in RA  Are Due to Inflammatory Infiltrates in Bone Marrow
Bone erosions and bone marrow edema seen with MRI in joints affected by RA are due to inflammatory infiltrates that have invaded the bone marrow...

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Experts Hope Ultrasound and MRI Will Get More Gout Patients Into Treatment

In-office ultrasonography and greater use of MRI might improve gout diagnosis, simplify monitoring of response to urate-lowering therapy, and inspire more aggressive use of hypouricemic agents...

Monday, March 05, 2007 New Study Suggests MRI Might Be Alternative to Radiographic JSW as Efficacy Measure for Osteoarthritis Drugs
Radiographic JSW remains the gold standard for assessing progression of knee OA in clinical trials, but new research suggests that MRI might be a reasonable alternative...

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 RA Remission Often Accompanied by Silent Synovitis
The majority of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who meet ACR remission criteria still have synovitis detectable on MRI or ultrasound...

Wednesday, December 06, 2006 Serum MMP-3 May Be Biomarker of Joint Damage in AS, MRI Accuracy Questioned
Measuring serum levels of metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3) may be an inexpensive yet accurate way for rheumatologists to predict which AS patients will develop joint damage, particularly in those with pre-existing radiographic damage...

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Is Resection Necessary? Meniscal Tears Rarely Cause Pain
Meniscal resection may do little to relieve pain among older patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), as meniscal tears are common but rarely cause any symptoms... Englund M, et al. Presented at ACR 2006 Meeting.

Thursday, October 12, 2006 MRI Predicts Which Children with Monoarthritis Will Develop Aggressive Disease
MRI scans of clinically unaffected knees in children with monoarthritis can predict who will develop widespread joint disease within the next year... Gardner-Medwin JM, et al. J Rheumatol. 2006; 15 Sept; [Epub ahead of print]

Monday, September 11, 2006 Small, Portable In-Office MRI Can Monitor Response to Therapy in RA
As RA treatments become more effective and expensive, monitoring response to therapy becomes more important. Two new studies suggest that small, portable MRI devices might help...