Central reader evaluation of MRI scans of the sacroiliac joints from the ASAS classification cohort: discrepancies with local readers and impact on the performance of the ASAS criteria.
Walter P MaksymowychSusanne Juhl PedersenUlrich WeberXenofon BaraliakosPedro M MachadoIris EshedManouk de HoogeJoachim SieperStephanie WichukMartin RudwaleitDésirée Mfm van der HeijdeRobert B M LandewéDenis PoddubnyyMikkel OstergaardRobert G W LambertPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2020)
Despite substantial discrepancy between central and local readers in interpretation of both types of MRI lesion, this had a minor impact on the numbers of patients classified as axSpA supporting the robustness of the ASAS criteria for differences in assessment of imaging.