
Imaging in Rheumatology, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 62-5 - July 29, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Alberto Bazzocchi, Giuseppe Guglielmi
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 9 3 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 9 3 6 - 0
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Radiologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Alberto Bazzocchi and Giuseppe Guglielmi bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Imaging in Rheumatology. Top experts provide a timely update on the most common rheumatic diseases and the imaging modalities used to diagnose them. Individual articles on imaging modalities such as X-ray, MRI, CT, ultrasound, whole body imaging, and interventional radiology are featured.
- Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including update on imaging of rheumatic diseases in clinical practice: recent concepts and developments; what is new in osteoarthritis imaging?; imaging in early rheumatic diseases: how to recognize and to approach the differential diagnosis; dual-energy CT applications in rheumatology; whole-body imaging in rheumatology; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on imaging in rheumatology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Musculoskeletal radiologists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- CME Accreditation Page
- Preface
- Update on Rheumatic Diseases in Clinical Practice: Recent Concepts and Developments
- Key points
- Introduction
- Recent concepts in imaging of rheumatic diseases of adults and children
- Developments in imaging of rheumatic diseases of adults and children
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- What is New in Osteoarthritis Imaging?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Radiography
- Ultrasound
- Computed tomography
- Nuclear medicine
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- How to Approach the Imaging Differential Diagnosis of Rheumatic Diseases by Anatomic Location
- Key points
- Introduction
- Imaging techniques
- Particularities of involvement by anatomical location
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Imaging of Sacroiliac Joints
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Current Role of Conventional Radiology in Rheumatology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Hand and wrist
- Foot
- Spine
- Pelvic bones
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Updates in Ultrasound in Rheumatology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Crystal-induced arthropathies
- Gout
- Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Update on MRI in Rheumatic Diseases
- Key points
- Introduction
- Advances of MRI in adult patients with rheumatic diseases
- Update in MRI of juvenile rheumatic diseases
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- High-Field MRI Advantages and Applications in Rheumatology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Applications of MRI in rheumatologic diseases
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Applications in Rheumatology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Technical review of dual-energy computed tomography
- Dual-energy computed tomography and gout
- Dual-energy computed tomography and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate
- Dual-energy computed tomography and systemic sclerosis
- Dual-energy computed tomography and bone marrow edema
- Dual-energy computed tomography and iodine map
- Collagen-specific imaging
- Future directions
- Clinics care points
- Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Rheumatology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Imaging technique
- Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging: indications in rheumatology
- Multifocal aseptic musculoskeletal disorders
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Author contributions
- Imaging Response to Treatment in Rheumatology
- Key points
- Background
- Disease monitoring and the role of imaging
- Radiographs
- Ultrasound
- MR imaging
- Dual-energy computed tomography
- PET
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Imaging of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Role of imaging in the clinical setting
- Imaging techniques in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Normal findings in children that may mimic pathology
- Imaging findings of axial joints in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Imaging findings of peripheral joints in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Future work
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography in Rheumatic Diseases: A New Option for Knee Osteoarthritis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Normal anatomy and imaging technique
- Protocols
- Imaging findings/pathology
- Clinical applications
- Challenges and opportunities
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Interventional Radiology for Rheumatic Diseases
- Key points
- Targets of imaging-guided treatments
- Imaging techniques for guidance
- Overview on drugs
- Evidence-based approach
- Possible adverse events, complications, and contraindications
- Management of common rheumatologic conditions
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 62-5
- Published: July 29, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443129353
- eBook ISBN: 9780443129360
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Alberto Bazzocchi
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The “Rizzoli” Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, ItalyGG
Giuseppe Guglielmi
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Radiology, University of Foggia; Scientific Institute Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy