Current status and trends of whole-body MRI in rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases in children
10.13929/j.issn.1003-3289.2025.08.018
- VernacularTitle:全身MRI在儿童风湿性骨骼肌肉疾病中的应用现状和发展趋势
- Author:
Yang YANG
1
;
Yuchun YAN
;
Xinyu YUAN
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学附属首都儿童医学中心医学工程处,北京 100020
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
rheumatic diseases;
child;
magnetic resonance imaging;
whole-body irradiation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology
2025;41(8):1289-1293
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Common rheumatic musculoskeletal(MSK)diseases in children include juvenile idiopathic arthritis,juvenile dermatomyositis and chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis/chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis,with clinical manifestations and laboratory findings lack specificity.Imaging plays an important role in diagnosing and monitoring treatment efficacy of related diseases.Traditional localized imaging is difficult to comprehensively assess the site and extent of lesions.Whole-body MRI,as a noninvasive,radiation-free imaging technique capable of displaying entire body through one scanning,has significant advantages,especially in pediatric patients,yet the requirement for high-end equipment,the lack of standardized scanning protocols,and the need of sedation in young children,limit the application of whole-body MRI.It is of practical clinical urgency to raise clinical awareness of the advantages of whole-body MRI application and to propose expert consensus and guidelines for whole-body MRI in children through multi-neutral cooperation.
