Imaging in Diagnosis and Treatment of Musculoskeletal Disorders
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Nuclear Medicine & Radiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 118
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rheumatology; musculoskeletal ultrasound; musculoskeletal imaging; pain medicine; ultrasound guided procedures
Interests: rheumatology; musculoskeletal ultrasound; arthritis; osteoarthritis
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Dear Colleagues,
In the field of musculoskeletal disorders, imaging is becoming increasingly important in diagnostic confirmation, prognostic stratification, decision-making, and follow-up. The integration of imaging into the management of rheumatological conditions enables earlier diagnosis and more accurate differential diagnosis and ultimately offers a comprehensive understanding of the disease.
On the other hand, even in musculoskeletal disorders that are not exclusively of rheumatological origin, imaging has become a crucial tool, and making decisions without it would now seem outdated. Additionally, it is now widely established that imaging plays a vital role in interventional procedures, which, over the years, have become safer and increasingly precise thanks to the ability to guide needles to a target without crossing critical structures.
This concept applies equally to ultrasound-guided procedures, which can be routinely performed in an outpatient setting, as well as to fluoroscopy- or CT-guided procedures that require access to more specialized facilities.
For this Special Issue, we encourage authors to submit papers on applications of imaging in musculoskeletal and rheumatological conditions, in both diagnosis and treatment.
Dr. Francesco Porta
Prof. Dr. Florentin Ananu Vreju
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ultrasound
- ultrasound-guided injections
- imaging-guided procedures
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