title: [Imaging assessment of bone and cartilage destruction in rheumatoid arthritis].
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by synovitis and subsequent joint destruction involving bone and cartilage. Recent therapeutic development have improved outcomes including disease activity and structural progression in RA, and standardized procedures of imaging assessment including modified total Sharp score (mTSS) have contributed largely for the development of therapeutic strategy. In addition, ultrasonography and MRI of joints have been recently emerging as novel imaging methods for RA. Here, we review current imaging assessments of bone and cartilage destruction in RA.
authors.affiliation: The First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine,University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.Department of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital,University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.affiliation: he First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine,University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents