Introduction An increasing number of studies have applied ultrasound to the evaluation of
entheses in spondyloarthritis patients. However, no clear agreement exists on the definition of …

Ultrasound (US) is a relatively new imaging modality in rheumatology that offers great
potential as a diagnostic and management tool. In 2004, an OMERACT Ultrasound Special …

Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting
<1% of the population. Incompletely controlled RA results in fatigue, joint and soft tissue pain…

This report presents the results of a recent systematic review performed by the OMERACT
Ultrasound Group on the metric properties of ultrasound for the detection of synovitis in …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance characteristics of power Doppler ultrasound as a
diagnostic and monitoring tool in the assessment of musculoskeletal disease through a …

Axial fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequence images from when the patient
was encephalopathic (A–C) show symmetrical changes of abnormal high signal in the …

Musculoskeletal ultrasound is an increasingly used tool for the evaluation and management
of rheumatologic diseases. Its utilisation by rheumatologists is varied around the world and …

… Rosa HM Chan and Fredrick Joshua reviewed and revised the manuscript. All authors have
… Fredrick Joshua is an Editorial Board member of AJUM and a co-author of this article. To …

Objective Assessment of small vessel inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid vasculitis
is challenging. Small arteries such as the dorsalis pedis artery (DPA) are difficult to assess …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the inter-reader reliability of 3 rheumatologist readers before and
after training using 2 methods of assessment: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …