Scoring sacroiliac joints by magnetic resonance imaging. A multiple-reader reliability experiment

• Published in: Journal of rheumatology Vol. 32; no. 10; p. 2050
• Main Authors: Landewé, Robert B M, Hermann, Kay-Geert A, van der Heijde, Désirée M F M, Baraliakos, Xenophon, Jurik, Anne-Grethe, Lambert, Robert G, Østergaard, Mikkel, Rudwaleit, Martin, Salonen, David C, Braun, Jürgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada 01.10.2005
• Subjects: Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - standards; Observer Variation; Radiography; Reproducibility of Results; Rheumatology - methods; Rheumatology - standards; Sacroiliac Joint - pathology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spondylitis, Ankylosing - diagnostic imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac (SI) joints and the spine is increasingly important in the assessment of inflammatory activity and structural damage in clinical trials with patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). We investigated inter-reader reliability and sensitivity to chang...