Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Rheumatology

Vito Chianca; Michał Lanckoroński; Marco Curti; Majid Chalian; Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska; Chiara Giraudo; Filippo Del Grande

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2024.02.008

Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Rheumatology

Radiol Clin North Am. 2024 Sep;62(5):865-876. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2024.02.008. Epub 2024 Mar 21.

Authors

Vito Chianca¹, Michał Lanckoroński², Marco Curti³, Majid Chalian⁴, Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska², Chiara Giraudo⁵, Filippo Del Grande⁶

Affiliations

¹ Istituto di Imaging Della Svizzera Italiana (IIMSI), Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Via Tesserete 46, Lugano 6900 Switzerland. Electronic address: vitochianca@gmail.com.
² Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Spartanska 1 Street, Warsaw 02-637, Poland.
³ Istituto di Imaging Della Svizzera Italiana (IIMSI), Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Via Tesserete 46, Lugano 6900 Switzerland.
⁴ Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health - DCTV, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
⁶ Istituto di Imaging Della Svizzera Italiana (IIMSI), Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Via Tesserete 46, Lugano 6900 Switzerland; Facoltà di Scienze Biomediche, Università Della Svizzera Italiana, Via Buffi 13, Lugano 6900, Switzerland.

PMID: 39059977
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2024.02.008

Abstract

This review focuses on the most frequent whole-body MRI applications in patients with rheumatological pathologies, for which this tool can be helpful to both radiologists and clinicians. It reports technical aspects of the acquisition of both 1.5 and 3.0 T scanners. The article lists the main findings that help radiologists during the evaluation of a specific pathology, both in the diagnostic phase and during follow-up.

Keywords: Bone; Joint; Muscles; Rheumatology; Whole-body MRI.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging* / methods
Rheumatic Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Rheumatology / methods
Whole Body Imaging* / methods