Imaging and interpretation of axial spondylarthritis: The radiologist's perspective-consensus of the arthritis subcommittee of the ESSR

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 265-279

  Schueller Weidekamm, Claudia ^a   Mascarenhas, Vasco V ^b   Sudol Szopinska, Iwona ^c   Boutry, Nathalie ^d   Plagou, Athena ^e   Klauser, Andrea ^f   Wick, Marius ^g   Platzgummer, Hannes ^a   Jans, Lennart ^h   Mester, Adam ⁱ   Kainberger, Franz ^a   Aström, Gunnar ^j   Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^k   Eshed, Iris ^l  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Private Clinic   (Greece)

^f INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^j UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^l TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

diagnosis; magnetic resonance imaging; sacroiliitis; spondylarthritis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONDENSING OSTEITIS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INFECTIOUS SACROILIITIS; INFECTIOUS SPONDYLODISKITIS; INFLAMMATION; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SERONEGATIVE AXIAL SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; VERTEBRA BODY; ARTIFACT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCITIS; FRACTURES, STRESS; HYPEROSTOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, SPINE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL OSTEOCHONDROSIS; SPINE; STANDARDS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCITIS; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; INFLAMMATION; OSTEITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, SPINE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL OSTEOCHONDROSIS; SPINE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

EID: 84902006228     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1375569     Document Type: Article

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