Imaging News

Most rheumatology groups at VA medical centers reported having at least one provider using point-of-care ultrasound, while 69% of VA rheumatology chiefs of staff expressed interest in more training for their team, according to data.

A new metric reliably confirms giant cell arteritis in suspected cases by combining a validated clinical scoring tool with ultrasonography, according to data in The Lancet Rheumatology.

Ultrasound can differentiate spondyloarthritis-related enthesitis from other entheseal pathologies such as mechanical enthesitis, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Patients with pro-inflammatory diets demonstrate worse knee osteoarthritis pain and a greater risk for 10-year severe pain trajectory, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

SAN DIEGO — An automated deep learning model accurately identified and predicted joint space narrowing and erosion based on hand radiographs of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Biologic-naïve patients with radiographic axial spondylarthritis who receive ixekizumab for 16 weeks demonstrate reduced erosion scores and increased backfill scores, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Establishing mandatory competencies for musculoskeletal ultrasound is necessary to improve its use in both rheumatology residency programs and clinical practice, a speaker said at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease remains highly variable and “suboptimal” in the real world, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2023.

Patients with suspected giant cell arteritis should undergo an ultrasound as the first-line imaging method, according to updated EULAR recommendations published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

A fully automated, machine learning model that predicts bone marrow edema in sacroiliac joint MRI could improve screening for spondyloarthritis and decrease diagnostic delay, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.