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MRI lesions in the sacroiliac joints of patients with spondyloarthritis: an update of definitions and validation by the ASAS MRI working group.

Walter P MaksymowychRobert Gw LambertMikkel ØstergaardSusanne Juhl PedersenPedro M MachadoUlrich WeberAlexander N BennettJuergen BraunRuben Burgos-VargasManouk de HoogeAtul A DeodharIris EshedAnne Grethe JurikKay-Geert Armin HermannRobert Bm LandewéHelena Marzo-OrtegaVictoria Navarro-CompánDenis PoddubnyyMonique ReijnierseMartin RudwaleitJoachim SieperFilip E Van den BoschDésirée Mfm van der HeijdeIrene E van der Horst-BruinsmaStephanie WichukXenofon Baraliakos
Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2019)
The ASAS-MRI WG concluded that several definitions required revision and some new definitions were necessary. Multi-reader validation demonstrated substantial reliability for the most frequently detected lesions and comparable reliability between active and structural lesions.
Keyphrases
  • contrast enhanced
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • diffusion weighted imaging
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • computed tomography
  • ankylosing spondylitis
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • disease activity
  • total hip arthroplasty