Reporting of tissue-specific vascularity in Doppler-mode or post-gadolinium. Elementary components of dactylitis in Doppler-mode or post-contrast demonstrated by study.
| Ultrasound | MRI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2006 | 2006 | 1999 | 1996 | 2008 | 2008 | 2002 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 |
| Author | Fournie | Ribes | Kane | Olivieri | Healy | Olivieri | Olivieri | Olivieri | Olivieri | Jevtic |
| Doppler measures | NA | NA* | NA | NA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elementary components | ||||||||||
| Soft tissue edema | Desc | Desc | NA | NA | Desc | NA | NA | NA | NA | NS |
| Flexor tendon tenosynovitis | NA | Desc | NA | NA | NS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Extensor tendon inflammation, thickening | NA | NA | NA | NA | NS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Nail plate abnormalities | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Nail bed/matrix abnormalities | Desc | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Joint synovitis | Desc | Desc | NA | NA | NS | NA | NA | NA | NA | Desc |
| Bone-extraarticular osteoproliferation | Desc | Desc | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bone-intraarticular osteoproliferation | NA | Desc | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Erosions | NA | NA | NA | NA | NS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Collateral ligament abnormalities | NA | NA | NA | NA | NS | NA | NA | NA | NA | Desc |
| Bone edema | NA† | NA† | NA† | NA† | NS | NA | NA | NA | NA | Desc |
| Sesamoiditis | NA | NA | NA | NA | NS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Plantar/palmar plate abnormalities | NA | NA | NA | NA | NS | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
↵* Did specify that PRF was constant, and that the room was kept at a constant temperature. No gain or PRF number given.
↵† Ultrasound unable to assess changes beneath the bone cortex. Desc: qualitatively described; Meas: measured/quantified; NA: not available; NS: not specified (STIR vs gadolinium); MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.