Imaging methods in diagnosis and evaluation of treatment of rheumatoid arthritis patients
Journal Title: Postępy Nauk Medycznych - Year 2012, Vol 25, Issue 2
Abstract
Conventional radiography is a common imaging method in diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Modified Sharp method and Larsen-Dale method are applied for accurately scoring of joint damages. Intensity of radiological destructive changes are correlated with disease activity and deterioration of joints function. Ultrasonography is the method of evaluation of joints structures, especially soft tissue of movement system. Evaluation of flow in vessels in synovium using Power Doppler enables to estimate angiogenesis in inflammatory joints and is correlated with disease activity. Computed tomography allows to detect destructive changes more early than conventional radiography. Magneting resonance imaging allows accurate evaluation of soft tissues and bones and multilevel imaging of structures localized inside body as atlantooccipital and atlantoaxial joints and extra-articular changes - concerned mainly nervous system, vessels, fascia and muscles.
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Małgorzata Wisłowska, Magdalena Matryba
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