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| Marcin SzkudlarekSummaryAffiliation: University of Copenhagen Country: Denmark Publications
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Magnetic resonance imaging of wrist and finger joints in healthy subjects occasionally shows changes resembling erosions and synovitis as seen in rheumatoid arthritisBo Ejbjerg
Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
Arthritis Rheum 50:1097-106. 2004....
The discriminatory capacity of ultrasound in rheumatoid arthritis: active vs inactive, early vs advanced, and moreMarcin Szkudlarek
Department of Rheumatology University of Copenhagen Hospital at Køge, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge Denmark
Rheumatology (Oxford) 51:vii6-9. 2012..The theoretical basis of discriminatory capacity is sketchy and the few studies that provide evidence of its use when assessing RA patients with US are discussed. We also suggest directions for potential research areas...
Ultrasonography of the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with magnetic resonance imaging, conventional radiography and clinical examinationMarcin Szkudlarek
Department of Rheumatology, University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegard Alle 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Arthritis Res Ther 8:R52. 2006..This study shows that ultrasonography has the potential to improve assessment of patients with RA...- Ultrasonography of the metatarsophalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging, conventional radiography, and clinical examinationMarcin Szkudlarek
University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
Arthritis Rheum 50:2103-12. 2004.... - Interobserver agreement in ultrasonography of the finger and toe joints in rheumatoid arthritisMarcin Szkudlarek
University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark
Arthritis Rheum 48:955-62. 2003..To evaluate the interobserver agreement of ultrasonographic assessment of finger and toe joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by 2 investigators with different medical backgrounds... - Ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, radiography, and clinical assessment of inflammatory and destructive changes in fingers and toes of patients with psoriatic arthritisCharlotte Wiell
Department of Rheumatology, University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegaard Alle 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Arthritis Res Ther 9:R119. 2007..For other pathologies, no disease-specific pattern was observed. US and MRI have major potential for improved examination of joints, tendons, and entheses in fingers and toes of patients with PsA... - Rheumatoid arthritis bone erosion volumes on CT and MRI: reliability and correlations with erosion scores on CT, MRI and radiographyUffe Møller Døhn
Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Kettegaard Alle 30, DK 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Ann Rheum Dis 66:1388-92. 2007..To investigate intramodality and intermodality agreements of CT and MRI erosion volumes in metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to compare the volumes with erosion scores for CT, MRI and radiography... - Are bone erosions detected by magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography true erosions? A comparison with computed tomography in rheumatoid arthritis metacarpophalangeal jointsUffe Møller Døhn
Department of Rheumatology, University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
Arthritis Res Ther 8:R110. 2006..The present study strongly indicates that bone erosions, detected with MRI and US in RA patients, represent a loss of calcified tissue with cortical destruction, and therefore can be considered true bone erosions... - Power Doppler ultrasonography of painful Achilles tendons and entheses in patients with and without spondyloarthropathy--a comparison with clinical examination and contrast-enhanced MRICharlotte Wiell
Department of Rheumatology, University of Copenhagen Hospital at Glostrup, Nordre Ringvej 57, Glostrup, 2600 Copenhagen, Denmark
Clin Rheumatol 32:301-8. 2013..In conclusion, US performed by a trained operator can be a useful adjunct to clinical examination for improved assessment of Achilles tendons and entheses... - Reducing invasiveness, duration, and cost of magnetic resonance imaging in rheumatoid arthritis by omitting intravenous contrast injection -- Does it change the assessment of inflammatory and destructive joint changes by the OMERACT RAMRIS?Mikkel Ostergaard
Department of Rheumatology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark
J Rheumatol 36:1806-10. 2009..We explored to what extent RA joint pathologies in wrists and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints can be reliably assessed by unenhanced MRI images compared with Gd-enhanced MRI as the reference method... - Detection, scoring and volume assessment of bone erosions by ultrasonography in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with CTUffe Møller Døhn
Correspondence to Dr Uffe Møller Døhn, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Slagelse, Slagelse DK 2600, Denmark
Ann Rheum Dis 72:530-4. 2013..Second, to establish the necessary bone volume loss on CT for US to reliably detect it as an erosion, and finally to compare two semiquantitative US-erosion scoring methods... - Contrast-enhanced power Doppler ultrasonography of the metacarpophalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritisMarcin Szkudlarek
Department of Rheumatology, University of Copenhagen Hvidovre Hospital, , 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Eur Radiol 13:163-8. 2003..Intravenous contrast injection may provide additional information in selected cases but did not in the present study increase the sensitivity of the method... - Imaging in early rheumatoid arthritis: roles of magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography, conventional radiography and computed tomographyMikkel Østergaard
Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 19:91-116. 2005..The main focus is on recent advances in MRI and ultrasonography. Suggestions on clinical use and research priorities are provided... - Head-to-head comparison of quantitative and semi-quantitative ultrasound scoring systems for rheumatoid arthritis: reliability, agreement and construct validityLene Terslev
Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rheumatology (Oxford) 51:2034-8. 2012..Conclusion. High reliability and good agreement of both scoring systems were found when applied to the same patient cohort. Different scoring systems appear to be highly correlated... - New radiographic bone erosions in the wrists of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are detectable with magnetic resonance imaging a median of two years earlierMikkel Østergaard
Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Kettegaard Alle 30, DK 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Arthritis Rheum 48:2128-31. 2003..We also evaluated the risk of erosive progression on CR associated with the presence of MRI erosions... - Diagnostic value of Doppler ultrasonography in rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the article by Weidekamm et alMarcin Szkudlarek
Arthritis Rheum 50:676-7; author reply 677-8. 2004 - Imaging in rheumatoid arthritis--why MRI and ultrasonography can no longer be ignoredMikkel Ostergaard
Scand J Rheumatol 32:63-73. 2003..Pursuing the goal of improving patient care and disease outcome, rheumatologists can no longer afford to ignore MRI and US as means to measure disease activity and joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis... - The OMERACT Ultrasound Group: status of current activities and research directionsRichard J Wakefield
Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
J Rheumatol 34:848-51. 2007..The reliability of acquiring images was also enhanced using standardized positions. Future studies will assess the value of US in clinical trials... - Summary findings of a systematic review of the ultrasound assessment of synovitisFredrick Joshua
Department of Rheumatology, St George Hospital, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
J Rheumatol 34:839-47. 2007..The review highlights the current gaps in the literature, including a lack of reliability data with respect to intra-occasion and intra- and inter-reader reliability. Current work by our group is addressing these issues... - Musculoskeletal ultrasound including definitions for ultrasonographic pathologyRichard J Wakefield
Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
J Rheumatol 32:2485-7. 2005..Also proposed for the first time are consensus US definitions for common pathological lesions seen in patients with inflammatory arthritis... - Ultrasonography: a valid method for assessing rheumatoid arthritis?Mikkel Østergaard
Arthritis Rheum 52:681-6. 2005 - [Progress in rheumatology. The Danish Society of Rheumatology]Smedegaard Lis Andersen
Ugeskr Laeger 166:1122. 2004