title: The Expanding Role of Imaging in Systemic Vasculitis.
abstract: Various imaging modalities, including color duplex ultrasonography, CT angiography, magnetic resonance angiography, and PET, are emerging as important aids to the diagnosis, staging, evaluation of disease activity and response to treatment in systemic vasculitis. Although large-vessel vasculitis is the main target of imaging, refinement and increasing accuracy of imaging modalities are also providing useful information in the evaluation of medium-vessel and small-vessel vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prieto-González
authors.affiliation: Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Georgina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Espígol-Frigolé
authors.affiliation: Vasculitis Research Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alba
authors.affiliation: Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Itziar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tavera-Bahillo
authors.affiliation: Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernández-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Renú
authors.affiliation: Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Hospitall Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gilabert
authors.affiliation: Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Hospitall Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lomeña
authors.affiliation: Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain. Electronic address: mccid@clinic.ub.es.
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cid
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D056647:Systemic Vasculitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
keywords: Diagnosis; Disease activity; Imaging; Outcome measures; Systemic vasculitis; Treatment