Standing Committee on Muscoloskeletal Imaging
While conventional radiography has been the historic mainstay of arthritis structural assessment for rheumatologists, the profile of ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging has rapidly increased in the last decade. European clinicians have been at the forefront of guiding appropriate utilisation of radiographic and novel imaging techniques. In recent years EULAR had established a Working Party on Imaging in Rheumatology (chaired by Professor Walter Grassi). The EULAR Executive established a new provisional Committee on Musculoskeletal Imaging in 2006, which was elevated to Standing Committee status in October 2007.
For musculoskeletal conditions, this committee aims to promote pan-European:
1. Improved patient care through the appropriate use of imaging modalities
2. Education in both the understanding and application of imaging modalities
3. Research in imaging modalities to inform their clinical utility and their use in
clinical trials
| Chair: |
Prof. Philip Conaghan, Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Advisory panel: | Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt, Berlin, Germany |
| Prof. Mikkel Østergaard, Copenhagen, Denmark |
PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES
Previous activities (research)
Current activities (research and education)
Imaging in Rheumatology
Educational tool containing clinical images collected with different imaging techniques.
Project leaders: Prof. Walter Grassi and Dr. Emilio Filippucci (Ancona, Italy)
EULAR-OMERACT Rheumatoid Arthritis MRI Reference Image Atlas
A tool for scoring MRI pathology in rheumatoid arthritis
