Characteristics of publications on WB-MRI of the extremities retrieved by the literature search.
| Study | Disease | Patients, n | Controls, n | Sites | Inflammatory Lesions | Structural Lesions | Manufacturer | Field Strength | Gd | Sequences | Planes | Duration, Min | TP, Week | Readers, n | Read Setup | Reproducibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song, et al16 | axSpA | 76 | None | 27 | Enthesitis | ND | Siemens | 1.5T | No | T1, STIR | Cor, sag | 6 | 0, 24, 48 | 2 | Consensus | ND |
| Weckbach, et al17 | PsA | 30 | None | 15 | Osteitis, effusion, synovitis, enthesitis | Erosions, destruction | Siemens | 1.5T | Yes | STIR, dynT1, VIBE | Cor | 45 | 0 | 2 | Consensus | ND |
| Althoff, et al18 | axSpA | 75 | None | J: 12, E: 30 | Effusion/synovitis, enthesitis | Erosions | Siemens | 1.5T | No | T1, STIR | Cor, sag | 65 | 0 | 2 | Consensus | ND |
| Karpitschka, et al19 | AS | 10 | None | NA | Synovitis, enthesitis | ND | Siemens | 1.5T | Yes | T1, STIR, T1FS/Gd | Cor | — | 0, 26, 52 | 2 | Independent | NA |
| Schanz, et al20 | SSc | 18 | None | NA | Fasciitis, myositis, tenosynovitis, BME | ND | Siemens | 1.5T | Yes | STIR, T1, T1/Gd | Cor | 30 | 0 | 2 | Independent | Interreader, κ0.8–1.0 |
| Axelsen, et al21 | RA | 20 | None | J: 76, E: 30 | Synovitis, enthesitis | Erosions | Philips | 3T | Yes | T1, STIR, T1/Gd | Cor, ax | 60 | 0 | 1 | ND | Intrareader agreement rate 85–100% |
| Mackie, et al22 | PMR | 22 | 16 RA | 10 | Extracapsular PMR pattern | ND | Siemens | 3T | Yes | T2FS, Dixon-VIBE | Ax, 3-D Reco | 19 | 0 | 2 | Consensus | ND |
| Poggenborg, et al23 | PsA, axSpA | 36 | 12 | 35 | Enthesitis | ND | Philips | 3T | Yes | T1, STIR, T1FS/Gd | Cor, ax | 61 | 0 | 1 | ND | Intrareader ICC: 0.58/0.85 |
| Poggenborg, et al24 | PsA, axSpA | 36 | 12 | 76 | Synovitis, BME | Erosions | Philips | 3T | Yes | T1, STIR, T1FS/Gd | Cor, ax | 61 | Baseline | 1 | ND | Intrareader ICC: 0.31–1.0 |
| Althoff, et al25 | axSpA | 41 | None | 21 | Enthesitis | ND | Siemens | 1.5T | No | T1, STIR | Cor, sag | 65 | Baseline, yrs 2 and 3 | 2 | Consensus | ND |
WB-MRI: whole-body magnetic resonance imaging; Gd: gadolinium contrast; TP: timepoint for MRI examination; axSpA: axial spondyloarthritis; PsA: psoriatic arthritis; AS: ankylosing spondylitis; SSc: systemic sclerosis; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; PMR: polymyalgia rheumatica; J: joints; E: entheses; NA: not available; BME: bone marrow edema; ND: not done; T: tesla; STIR: short-tau inversion recovery; T1: T1-weighted images; T1/Gd: T1-weighted images after intravenous Gd contrast injection; Reco: reconstruction; dyn: dynamic; VIBE: volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination; FS: fat suppression; cor: coronal; sag: sagittal; ax: axial.