MRI and Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatological Diseases

Preface ( James D. Katz and Kathleen Brindle ). Part I: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound. 1. Introduction: Inflammatory Arthritis and Myositis ( James D. Katz and Geeta Nayyar ). 2. Overview of Imaging in Inflammatory Arthritis ( James D. Katz, Geeta Nayyar, and Erinn Noeth ). Part II: Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 3. The MRI View of Synovitis and Tenosynovitis in Inflammatory Arthritis: Implications for Diagnosis and Management ( Fiona M. McQueen ). 4. Bone Marrow Edema ( Georg Schett ). 5. MRI for Assessing Erosion and Joint Space Narrowing in Inflammatory Arthropathies ( Mahnaz Momeni and Kathleen Brindle ). 6. MRI in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Juvenile Dermatomyositis ( J. M. Gardner-Medwin, Greg Irwin, and Karl Johnson ). 7. A Regional Approach to Foot and Ankle MRI ( Michael Sean Stempel ). 8. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: Structural and Clinical Aspects ( Rodolfo V. Curiel, Robert Jones, and Kathleen Brindle ). 9. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Degenerative Arthritides: Structural and Clinical Aspects ( Jian Zhao and Thomas M. Link ). Part III: Ultrasound. 10. Ultrasound and Structural Changes in Inflammatory Arthritis: Synovitis and Tenosynovitis ( Marina Backhaus ). 11. Arthrocentesis and Synovial Fluid Analysis in Clinical Practice: Value of Sonography in Difficult Cases ( Leonardo Punzi and Francesca Oliviero ). 12. Ultrasound in the Inflammatory Myopathies ( Marc-Andre Weber ). 13. Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Noninflammatory Musculoskeletal Conditions ( Mandana Hashefi ). Part IV: Research Aspects. 14. Quantifying Disease Activity and Damage by Imaging in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis ( Olga Kubassova, Mikael Boesen, Philipp Peloschek, GeorgLangs, Marco A. Cimmino, Henning Bliddal, and Soren Torp-Pedersen ). 15. Complexities of MRI and False Positive Findings ( Sanjeev Khanna and John V. Crues, III ). Index of Contributors. Subject Index.