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Imaging in rheumatology

¹ Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, B Floor, Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS1 3EX and ² Department of Rheumatology, Leeds University, Leeds, UK

• Plain films continue to be central to diagnosis and monitoring of rheumatological diseases.
  
• Imaging has a particular role to play in identifying disease in its earliest stages.
  
• Ultrasound and MRI permit the detection of subclinical joint inflammation.
  
• Ultrasound is helpful in guiding diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
  

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