MRI can guide therapy by determining whether muscle weakness is related to edema (active
inflammation) or muscle atrophy/fat replacement (chronic damage). There is a need to better …

The adult and juvenile myositis syndromes, commonly referred to collectively as idiopathic
inflammatory myopathies (IIMs), are systemic autoimmune diseases with the hallmarks of …

Imaging tools for the clinical assessment of idiopathic infl... : Current Opinion in
Rheumatology Imaging tools for the clinical assessment of idiopathic inflammatory myositis …

AIM To assess whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based measurements of T2, fat
fraction, diffusion tensor imaging, and muscle volume can detect differences between the …

Imaging is an important tool in the evaluation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. It plays
a role in diagnosis, assessment of disease activity and follow-up, and as a non-invasive …

Introduction: In patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) has been proposed as a useful tool for diagnosis and follow‐up. It may …

Although idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of diseases
nearly all patients display muscle inflammation. Originally, muscle biopsy was considered as …

There is a need to create a standardized and validated protocol for evaluation of
pathological changes in muscle MRI in IIM. The most appropriate number and distribution of …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important tool in the evaluation of neuromuscular
disorders. MRI accurately demonstrates muscle oedema, atrophy, subcutaneous pathology …

Background and aims: The role of muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the
diagnostic procedures of myopathies is still controversially discussed. The current study was …