title: Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee for the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Musculoskeletal Rheumatic Diseases.
abstract: This article presents the recommendations of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology Arthritis Subcommittee regarding the standards of the use of MRI in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal rheumatic diseases. The recommendations discuss (1) the role of MRI in current classification criteria of musculoskeletal rheumatic diseases (including early diagnosis of inflammation, disease follow-up, and identification of disease complications); (2) the impact of MRI on the diagnosis of axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile spondyloarthritis; (3) MRI protocols for the axial and peripheral joints; (4) MRI interpretation and reporting for axial and peripheral joints; and finally, (5) methods for assessing MR images including quantitative, semiquantitative, and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland, and Imaging Diagnostic Department, Warsaw Medical University, Poland.
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sudoł-Szopińska
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anne Grethe
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Jurik
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eshed
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jans
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lennart
authors.affiliation: Department of MSK Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Chapel Allerton Orthopaedic Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grainger
authors.affiliation: Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup and University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark.
authors.forename: Mikkel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Østergaard
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Section Rheumatology and Sports Imaging, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klauser
authors.affiliation: Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cotten
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Marius C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wick
authors.affiliation: Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maas
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Düsseldorf and Practice for Radiology, Nuklear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Bottop, German.
authors.forename: Falk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miese
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital Aarhus C, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Egund
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiopédiatrie, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boutry
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, UMC Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Mitja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rupreht
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reijnierse
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Edwin H G
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Oei
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.affiliation: NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Imaging Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology B, Cochin Hospital, Paris University of Descartes, Paris Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feydy
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital da Luz, Luz-Saude, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Vasco
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.affiliation: Ultrasound Unit, Private Radiological Institution, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Athena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plagou
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Bruxelles, Reine Fabiola Children's University Hospital of Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Imaging und Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Platzgummer
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Winston J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Rennie
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mester
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teh
authors.affiliation: Department of MSK Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Chapel Allerton Orthopaedic Centre, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Scientific Institute Hospital "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza," San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guglielmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Akademiska Sjukhuset, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Åström
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schueller-Weiderkamm
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012955:Societies, Medical