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EUROPEAN FORUM FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OF MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOLOGY

WORKING GROUPS

Committees, Subcommittees and Taskforces are created as required within the Society to support and strengthen the work of the Executive Committee. They are created by and report to the Executive Committee.

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.

Committees

Committees are created as required within the Society to support and strengthen the work of the Executive Committee (ExCom).
Members of the committees will be appointed by the ExCom or by the chairperson with the approval of the Ex Com.

Education Committee

Research Committee

National Societies Committee

Subcommittees

Subcommittees are created to support and to enhance the efforts of the ESSR in their special fields and especially to link to other radiological or non-radiological societies or working groups with similar fields of interest.
Members of ESSR are encouraged to become involved in the subcommittees.

Arthritis Subcommittee

Interventions Subcommittee

Osteoporosis and Metabolic Subcommittee

Paediatric Subcommittee

Sports Subcommittee

Tumours Subcommittee

Ultrasound Subcommittee

Spine Subcommittee

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The Educational Committee of the ESSR (European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology) was founded on the 1st of January 2003.

Mission and Vision

The vision and ethos of the committee is to enhance the profile and recognition of subspecialist musculoskeletal radiology throughout Europe through promoting standards of excellence in education and training.

Chairperson

Marc-André Weber​, Rostock, Germany
2024 – 2027

Past Chairpersons

2021-2024: Elena Drakonaki
2018-2021: Miraude Adriaensen
2012-2018: Carlo Martinoli
2009-2012: Philip Robinson
2006-2009: Filip Vanhoenacker
2003-2006: Herwig Imhof

Tasks and Responsibilities of the Committee

RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Committee Membership is open to all members of the ESSR.
Read Statement: MSK Imaging research is beautiful, but MSK imaging research with clinical impact is better

Past Chairpersons

2021-2024: Elena Drakonaki
2018-2021: Miraude Adriaensen
2012-2018: Carlo Martinoli
2009-2012: Philip Robinson
2006-2009: Filip Vanhoenacker
2003-2006: Herwig Imhof

Tasks and Responsibilities of the Committee

NATIONAL SOCIETIES COMMITTEE

Committee Membership is open to all representatives of National MSK Societies.

Chairperson

Mario Maas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2024 – 2025

Tasks and Responsibilities of the Committee

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ARTHRITIS SUBCOMMITTEE

Mission and Vision

Arthritis and its related rheumatic conditions constitute a heterogenous group of diseases and diagnostic imaging is indispensable in the primary investigation as well as quantification of diseases extent and severity. Standard radiographs still play a crucial role in initial assessment and US, CT, and MRI significantly contribute to qualitative and quantitative assessment both in early stage as well as in assessment of disease response.

The Arthritis Subcommittee of the ESSR was founded in 2003 by Prof. Kainberger who established the founding principles and led a group of enthusiastic and highly motivated colleagues. The intention of our group is to further promote education and research in arthritis including the dissemination of diagnostic algorithms, standardisation of protocols as well as the dissemination of knowledge in image interpretation and the organization of multicenter studies to aid Musculoskeletal radiologists in Europe.
Annually, the Subcommittee organizes the “Arthritis Imaging” Session at the ESSR meetings.

Chairperson

Monique Reijnierse, Leiden, The Netherlands
2024 – 2027

Vice – Chairperson

Andrea Rosskopf, Zurich, Switzerland
2024 – 2027

 

Past Chairpersons

2021-2024: Chiara Giraudo
2018-2021: Lennart Jans
2012-2018: Iwona Sudol-Szopinska
2011-2015: Claudia Weidekamm
2007-2011: Anne Grethe Jurik
2003-2007: Philip O’Conner
2003: Franz Kainberger – initiator of the Arthritis Subcommittee and first chairperson 2003

Subcommittee Members

Adalet Elcin Yildiz, Ankara, Türkiye
Adam Mester, Budapest, Hungary
Alberto Bazzocchi, Bologna, Italy
Alberto Vieira, Porto, Portugal
Aline Serfaty, Cabo Frio, Brazil
Amanda Isaac, London, United Kingdom
Ana I. Garcia Diez, Barcelona, Spain
Andrea Klauser, Innsbruck, Austria
Andrea Rosskopf, Zurich, Switzerland
Andrew Grainger, Leeds, United Kingdom
Anne Cotten, Lille, France
Anne Grethe Jurik, Aarhus, Denmark
Anne Zejden, Aarhus N, Denmark
Antoine Feydy, Paris, France
Athena Plagou, Athens, Greece
Chiara Giraudo, Padova, Italy
Claudia Weidekamm, Vienna, Austria
Danoob Dalili, London, United Kingdom
Dennis K Bielecki, London, United Kingdom
Edwin H. G. Oei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Fabio Becce, Lausanne, Switzerland
Franz Kainberger, Vienna/Austria
Frédéric Lecouvet, Brussels, Belgium
Giuseppe Guglielmi, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Gordana Ivanac, Zagreb, Crotia
Gunnar Åström, Uppsala, Sweden
Hannes Platzgummer, Vienna, Austria
Inge Koetser, Bentveld, The Netherlands
Iwona Sudol-Szopinska, Warsaw, Poland
Jacob Jaremko, Edmonton, Canada
James Teh, Oxford, United Kingdom
Janani Pillai, London, United Kingdom
Kay-Geert Hermann, Berlin, Germany
Lennart Jans, Gent, Belgium
Mario Maas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mies Korteweg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mikael Boesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mitja Rupreht, Maribor, Slovenia
Monique Reijnierse, Leiden, The Netherlands
Muthusamy, Chandramohan, Bradford, United Kingdom
Nele Herregods, Gent, Belgium
Niels Egund, Aarhus C, Denmark
Olympia Papakonstantinou, Athens, Greece
Paolo Simoni, Brussels, Belgium
Patrick Omoumi, Lausanne Switzerland
Philip Robinson, Leeds, United Kingdom
Raj Chari, Oxford, United Kingdom
Rakesh Mehan, Manchester, UK
Robert Hemke, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Siddharth Thaker, Leeds, United Kingdom 
Sinan Al-Qassab, Oswestry, United Kingdom
Torsten Diekhoff, Berlin, Germany
Vidar Kloster, Haugesund, Norway
Vittorio Pansini, Largo Ciaia, Bari
Volker Lapczynski, Oslo, Norway
Winston J Rennie, Leicester, United Kingdom

Projects

Current Projects:

  • Recommendations for US-guided injections in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
  • MSK imaging manifestations of autoinflammatory diseases
  • ‘Normal’ report and checklist of imaging features of the 10 most common arthritis imaging studies (website project)

Past Projects:

TOP 5 Tips

Top 5 Tips_Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Top 5 Tips_Septic Arthritis

Top 5 Tips_Idiopathic Inflammatory myopathies

Top 5 Tips_Crystal disorders

Top 5 Tips_Gout

Top 5 Tips – CNO

Top 5 Tips – PsA

Top 5 Tips – SpA

Top 5 Tips – Rheumatoid Arthritis

Top 5 Tips – Osteoarthritis

Common projects for download

Imaging and interpretation of axial spondylarthritis: the radiologist’s perspective–consensus of the Arthritis Subcommittee of the ESSR

Weidekamm C, Mascarenhas VV, Sudol-Szopinska I, Boutry N, Plagou A, Klauser A, Wick M, Platzgummer H, Jans L, Mester A, Kainberger F, Aström G, Guglielmi G, Eshed I.Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2014 Jul;18(3):265-79. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1375569.
download the full text as PDF

Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee for the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Musculoskeletal Rheumatic Diseases

Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, Anne Grethe Jurik, Iris Eshed, Jans Lennart, Andrew Grainger, Mikkel Østergaard, Andrea Klauser, Anne Cotten, Marius C. Wick, Mario Maas, Falk Miese, Niels Egund, Nathalie Boutry, Mitja Rupreht, Monique Reijnierse, Edwin H. G. Oei, Reinhard Meier, Phil O’Connor, Antoine Feydy, Vasco Mascarenhas, Athena Plagou, Paolo Simoni, Hannes Platzgummer, Winston J. Rennie, Adam Mester, James Teh, Philip Robinson, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Gunnar Åström, Claudia Weiderkamm, Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2015;19:396–411.
download the full text as PDF

Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee on Ultrasonography in Inflammatory Joint Disease

Plagou A, Teh J, Grainger AJ, Weidekamm C, Sudoł-Szopińska I, Rennie W, Åström G, Feydy A, Giraudo C, Guerini H, Guglielmi G, Isaac A, Jans L, Jurik AG, Kainberger F, Maas M, Martinoli C, Mascarenhas VV, Miese F, O’Connor P, Oei EH, Østergaard M, Peetrons P, Platzgummer H, Reijnierse M, Robinson P, Rupreht M, Simoni P, Wick MC, Zejden A, Klauser AS. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2016 Nov;20(5):496-506. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1593533. PubMed PMID: 28002871.
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MR Protocols in Rheumatology

Ankle Hip Knee
Elbow Shoulder Foot
Anterior Chest Wall Sacroiliac Joints Whole Body MRI Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis
Cervical Spine in Rheumatoid Arthritis Spine in Spondyloarthritis SUMMARY FILE
Temporomandibular joint Hand and Wrist  
 

Publications

DOWNLOAD HERE a list of more than 400 publications by the subcommittee members
 

 

  • Gender balance in skeletal radiology: suffrage rather than suffering?
    Chiara Giraudo, Andrea B. Rosskopf, Andrea Sabine Klauser, Janani K. Pillai, Miraude Adriaensen, Alberto Bazzocchi, Fabio Becce, Dennis K. Bielecki, Mikael Boesen, Anne Cotten, Danoob Dalili, Iris Eshed, Antoine Feydy, Andrew Grainger, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Nele Herregods, Amanda Isaac, Gordana Ivanac, Lennart Jans, Franz Kainberger, Frederiek Laloo, Frederic Lecouvet, Eva Llopis, Mario Maas, An initiative of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR) and its Arthritis Subcommittee. Clinical and Translational Imaging (2024) 12:375–381 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40336-024-00623-6

 

 

 

How to join the Subcommittee

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.

INTERVENTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

Mission and Vision

The Interventions Subcommittee of the ESSR was founded in 2014 during the annual meeting held in Riga. Since then, the vision and purpose of the subcommittee has been to promote education and foster innovation in the field of musculoskeletal interventional radiology.

Percutaneous image-guided interventions include a wide array of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques ranging from anesthetic blocks and injections to more advanced procedures such as soft tissue and bone biopsy, tumor ablation and bone augmentation. These interventional techniques require specific training and need particular safety measurements. Discussion of specific guidelines and precautions regarding the indications and contra-indications, possible complications and after care is important. The Interventions Subcommittee aims not only at evaluating the scientific evidence of such therapeutic interventions but also at promoting excellence in research as well as networking among its members.

Within the next years, the Interventions Subcommittee will take all necessary actions to maintain the solid basis of our subspecialty and create the space necessary for musculoskeletal interventions to further flourish. This involves effort to promote performance and standardization of musculoskeletal interventions through provision of standards of excellence in education and training.

Chairperson

Thomas Le Corroller, Marseille, France
2022 – 2025

Vice – Chairperson

Francesco Arrigoni, L’ Aquilla, Italy
2022 – 2025

 

Past Chairpersons

2019-2022: Dimitrios Filippiadis
2016-2019: Marina Obdradov
2013-2016: Jan Gielen

Subcommittee Members

Alberto Bazzocchi, Bologna, Italy
Amanda Isaac, London, United Kingdom
Anastasios Kyriazopoulos, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Andrea Klauser, Innsbruck, Austria
Boks Simone, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Britel Reda, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Carmelo Messina, Milano, Italy
Danoob Dalili, London, United Kingdom
David McKean, Aylesbury, United Kingdom
David Wilson, Oxford, United Kingdom
Dimitrios K Filippiadis, Athens, Greece
Domenico Albano, Milano, Italy
Elena Drakonaki, Heraklion, Crete
Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Granada, Spain
Gina Allen, Oxford, United Kingdom
Gunnar Aström, Uppsala, Sweden
Harun Gupta, Leeds, United Kingdom
Ilaslan Hakan, Pepper Pike, United States of America
Ishaq Fahmi Uri, Bristol, United Kingdom
Jose Luis del Cura, Bilboa, Spain
Lam Kimberly, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Luca Maria Sconfienza, Milano, Italy
Mahesh Prakesh, Chandigarh, India
Marc Romijn, Ubbergen, The Netherlands
Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Auckland, New Zealand
Mies Korteweg, Loenen Aan De Vecht, The Netherlands
Miguel Oliveira Castro, Portimao, Portugal
Miraude Adriaensen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Miriam De Dea, Feltre, Italy
Muntaner Gimbernat Lorenzo, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Radhesh Lalam, Oswestry, United Kingdom
Raj Chari, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ramy Mansour, Oxford, United Kingdom
Raquel Prada González, Vigo, Spain
Ricardo Joao Oliveira Mendes Moutinho, Albufeira, Portugal
Sharma Gaurav, Jaipur, India
Silvia Martin, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Soler Juan Carlos, Barcelona, Spain
Steven Cornelis van Bokhoven, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Suren Armeni Jengojan, Vienna, Austria
Thomas Le Corroller, Marseille, France
Udara Kularatne, United Kingdom
Uri Isaak, Bristol, United Kingdom
Xavier Tomas Batlle, Barcelona, Spain
Ziga Snoj, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sinan Al-Qassab, Chester, United Kingdom
Yaron J Berkowitz, United Kingdom
Simranjeet Kaur, United Kingdom
Ali Shah, United Kingdom
David McKean, United Kingdom
Valérie Bousson, France

Projects

Up until today and thanks to the work provided by our past-chairpersons and all the members of the subcommittee many projects have been completed in the field of MSK IR including publication of a book upon intra- and extra-articular musculoskeletal interventions as well as a series of papers upon clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the upper and lower extremity. 

Our next goal focuses upon publication of a similar series of papers upon clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the spine as well as joining the organization of hands-on course for MSK IR and the joint ESSR-ESNR Spine course.

Books

Image-guided Intra- and Extra-articular Musculoskeletal Interventions: An Illustrated Practical Guide
Obradov, Marina, Gielen, Jan L. (Eds.), ( Springer 2018 – In Press)

Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injections E-Book 1st Edition, Kindle Edition Elsevier 2017
by Gina M Allen,‎ David J Wilson, Elena Drakonaki, Mark Maybury

Sconfienza LM, Serafini G, Silvestri E. Ultrasound-guided Musculoskeletal Procedures: The Upper Limb. Springer Verlag 2012

Sconfienza LM, Orlandi D, Silvestri E. Ultrasound-guided Musculoskeletal Procedures:The Lower Limb. Springer Verlag 2015

Publications

  • Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part VII, nerves of the lower limb.
    Sconfienza LM, Adriaensen M, Albano D, Alcala-Galiano A, Allen G, Aparisi Gómez MP, Aringhieri G, Bazzocchi A, Beggs I, Chianca V, Corazza A, Dalili D, De Dea M, Del Cura JL, Di Pietto F, Drakonaki E, Facal de Castro F, Filippiadis D, Gitto S, Grainger AJ, Greenwood S, Gupta H, Ivanoski S, Khanna M, Klauser A, Mansour R, Martin S, Mascarenhas V, Mauri G, McCarthy C, McKean D, McNally E, Melaki K, Messina C, Miron Mombiela R, Moutinho R, Olchowy C, Orlandi D, Prada González R, Prakash M, Posadzy M, Rutkauskas S, Snoj Ž, Tagliafico AS, Talaska A, Tomas X, Vasilevska Nikodinovska V, Vucetic J, Wilson D, Zaottini F, Zappia M, Isaac A.Eur Radiol. 2021 Sep 28. doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08283-0. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34581843

 

  • Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part V, knee.
    Sconfienza LM, Adriaensen M, Albano D, Alcala-Galiano A, Allen G, Aparisi Gómez MP, Aringhieri G, Bazzocchi A, Beggs I, Chianca V, Corazza A, Dalili D, De Dea M, Del Cura JL, Di Pietto F, Drakonaki E, Facal de Castro F, Filippiadis D, Gitto S, Grainger AJ, Greenwood S, Gupta H, Isaac A, Ivanoski S, Khanna M, Klauser A, Mansour R, Martin S, Mascarenhas V, Mauri G, McCarthy C, McKean D, McNally E, Melaki K, Mirón Mombiela R, Moutinho R, Obradov M, Olchowy C, Orlandi D, Prada González R, Prakash M, Posadzy M, Rutkauskas S, Snoj Ž, Stefano Tagliafico A, Talaska A, Tomas X, Vasilevska-Nikodinovska V, Vucetic J, Wilson D, Zaottini F, Zappia M, Messina C.Eur Radiol. 2021 Sep 14. doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08258-1. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34523008

 

  • Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part VI, foot and ankle.
    Sconfienza LM, Adriaensen M, Albano D, Alcala-Galiano A, Allen G, Aparisi Gómez MP, Aringhieri G, Bazzocchi A, Beggs I, Chianca V, Corazza A, Dalili D, De Dea M, Del Cura JL, Di Pietto F, Drakonaki E, Facal de Castro F, Filippiadis D, Gitto S, Grainger AJ, Greenwood S, Gupta H, Isaac A, Ivanoski S, Khanna M, Klauser A, Mansour R, Martin S, Mascarenhas V, Mauri G, McCarthy C, McKean D, McNally E, Melaki K, Messina C, Mirón Mombiela R, Moutinho R, Olchowy C, Orlandi D, Prada González R, Prakash M, Posadzy M, Rutkauskas S, Snoj Ž, Tagliafico AS, Talaska A, Tomas X, Vasilevska Nikodinovska V, Vucetic J, Wilson D, Zaottini F, Zappia M, Obradov M.Eur Radiol. 2021 Aug 25. doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08125-z. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34432122

 

  • Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part IV, hip.
    Sconfienza LM, Adriaensen M, Alcala-Galiano A, Allen G, Aparisi Gómez MP, Aringhieri G, Bazzocchi A, Beggs I, Chianca V, Corazza A, Dalili D, De Dea M, Del Cura JL, Di Pietto F, Drakonaki E, de Castro FF, Filippiadis D, Gitto S, Grainger AJ, Greenwood S, Gupta H, Isaac A, Ivanoski S, Khanna M, Klauser A, Mansour R, Martin S, Mascarenhas V, Mauri G, McCarthy C, McKean D, McNally E, Melaki K, Messina C, Mombiela RM, Moutinho R, Obradov M, Olchowy C, Orlandi D, González RP, Prakash M, Posadzy M, Rutkauskas S, Snoj Ž, Tagliafico AS, Talaska A, Tomas X, Vasilevska Nikodinovska V, Vucetic J, Wilson D, Zaottini F, Zappia M, Albano D.Eur Radiol. 2021 Jun 19. doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-07997-5. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34146140

 

  • Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-Part II, elbow and wrist.
    Sconfienza LM, Adriaensen M, Albano D, Aparisi Gómez MP, Bazzocchi A, Beggs I, Bignotti B, Chianca V, Corazza A, Dalili D, De Dea M, Del Cura JL, Di Pietto F, Drakonaki E, Facal de Castro F, Filippiadis D, Gielen J, Gitto S, Gupta H, Klauser AS, Lalam R, Martin S, Martinoli C, Mauri G, McCarthy C, McNally E, Melaki K, Messina C, Mirón Mombiela R, Neubauer B, Obradov M, Olchowy C, Orlandi D, Plagou A, Prada Gonzalez R, Rutkauskas S, Snoj Z, Tagliafico AS, Talaska A, Vasilevska-Nikodinovska V, Vucetic J, Wilson D, Zaottini F, Zappia M, Allen G; Ultrasound and Interventional Subcommittees of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR).Eur Radiol. 2020 Apr;30(4):2220-2230. doi: 10.1007/s00330-019-06545-6. Epub 2019 Dec 16.PMID: 31844963

 

  • Clinical indications for image guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part III, nerves of the upper limb.
    Sconfienza LM, Adriaensen M, Albano D, Allen G, Aparisi Gómez MP, Bazzocchi A, Beggs I, Bignotti B, Chianca V, Corazza A, Dalili D, De Dea M, Del Cura JL, Di Pietto F, Drakonaki E, Facal de Castro F, Filippiadis D, Gielen J, Gitto S, Gupta H, Klauser AS, Lalam R, Martin S, Martinoli C, Mauri G, McCarthy C, McNally E, Melaki K, Messina C, Mirón Mombiela R, Neubauer B, Obradov M, Olchowy C, Orlandi D, Gonzalez RP, Rutkauskas S, Snoj Z, Tagliafico AS, Talaska A, Vasilevska-Nikodinovska V, Vucetic J, Wilson D, Zaottini F, Zappia M, Plagou A; Ultrasound and Interventional Subcommittees of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR).Eur Radiol. 2020 Mar;30(3):1498-1506. doi: 10.1007/s00330-019-06479-z. Epub 2019 Nov 11.PMID: 31712960

 

  • Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part I, shoulder.
    Sconfienza LM, Adriaensen M, Albano D, Allen G, Aparisi Gómez MP, Bazzocchi A, Beggs I, Bignotti B, Chianca V, Corazza A, Dalili D, De Dea M, Del Cura JL, Di Pietto F, Drakonaki E, Facal de Castro F, Filippiadis D, Gielen J, Gitto S, Gupta H, Klauser AS, Lalam R, Martin S, Martinoli C, Mauri G, McCarthy C, McNally E, Melaki K, Messina C, Mirón Mombiela R, Neubauer B, Olchowy C, Orlandi D, Plagou A, Prada Gonzalez R, Rutkauskas S, Snoj Z, Tagliafico AS, Talaska A, Vasilevska-Nikodinovska V, Vucetic J, Wilson D, Zaottini F, Zappia M, Obradov M.Eur Radiol. 2020 Feb;30(2):903-913. doi: 10.1007/s00330-019-06419-x. Epub 2019 Sep 16.PMID: 31529252

 

  • Image-guided Intra- and Extra-articular Musculoskeletal Interventions: An Illustrated Practical Guide
    Obradov, Marina, Gielen, Jan L. (Eds.), ( Springer 2018 – In Press)

 

  • Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injections E-Book 1st Edition, Kindle Edition Elsevier 2017
    by Gina M Allen,‎ David J Wilson, Elena Drakonaki, Mark Maybury

 

  • Ultrasound-guided Musculoskeletal Procedures: The Upper Limb. Springer Verlag 2012
    Sconfienza LM, Serafini G, Silvestri E.

 

  • Ultrasound-guided Musculoskeletal Procedures: The Lower Limb. Springer Verlag 2015
    Sconfienza LM, Orlandi D, Silvestri E.

How to join the Subcommittee

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.

OSTEOPOROSIS AND METABOLISM SUBCOMMITTEE

Mission and Vision

The subcommittee has the aim to encourage the interest and research in metabolic bone disease and the methods of quantitative and qualitative assessment of body composition in the radiological community.

As a group, we try to create awareness, present educational projects and encourage research and innovation focused on metabolic and bone disease. This involves working towards the standardization of practice, optimization of imaging resources and diagnostic algorithms.

We aim to promote collaboration amongst members and with other ESSR subcommittees to create a forum for discussion on challenges and applications of new techniques and imaging advances.
The work of the subcommittee would like to highlight the importance and increase visibility of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease amongst radiologists.

Chairperson

Christian Krestan, Vienna, Austria
2024 – 2027

Past Chairpersons

2018-2024: Alberto Bazzocchi
2015-2018: Janina Patsch
2011-2015: Giuseppe Guglielmi
2011: Thomas Link

Subcommittee Members

Adam Mester, Budapest, Hungary
Alberto Bazzocchi, Bologna, Italy
Alexia Balanika, Athens, Greece
Amanda Isaac, London, United Kingdom
Ana Isabel Garcia Diez, Barcelona, Spain
Anastasia Fotiadou, Huntington, United Kingdom
Aslı Irmak Akdoğan, İzmir, Turkey
Carmelo Messina, Milan, Italy
Catherine Phan, Paris, France
Christian Krestan, Vienna, Austria
Christos Baltas, Athens, Greece
Danoob Dalili, London, United Kingdom
David Wilson, Oxford, United Kingdom
Dennis Bielecki, London, United Kingdom
Edwin Oei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eleni Kariki, Manchester, United Kingdom
Fabio Becce, Lausanne, Switzerland
Franciso Aparisi, Valencia, Spain
Giuseppe Guglielmi, Foggia, Italy
Kerensa Mattanja Beekman, Amsterdam, The Netherland
Mahesh Prakash, Chandigarh, India
Mara Epermane, Riga, Latvia
Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Valencia, Spain
Marianna Vlychou, Larissa, Greece
Mariantonietta Francavilla, Bari, Italy
Michail Klontzas, Heraklion, Greece
Nuran Sabir, Denizli, Turkey
Víctor Rodríguez Laval, Madrid, Spain
Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska, Skopje, North Macedonia
Yi-Xiang Wang, Shatin, China

Projects

General ongoing activities:

  • Provide useful guidance and information to radiological colleagues within the ESSR and Europe on the current status of relevant topics, and subsequently promote more uniform reporting and service quality, for the benefit of the patient.

 

  • Active participation in ESR and ESSR forums (initiatives including webinars).

 

  • Active collaboration with other international societies such us IOF and other subcommittees

 

  • Organisation of dedicated courses / workshops and collaboration in ESSR outreach programme.

 

  • Offer an up-to-date choice of articles and resources selected and suggested by the members for young radiologists and residents who wish to improve their knowledge in osteoporosis and metabolic and bone disease.

Current projects:

 

  • First dedicated course: “Metabolic bone diseases and frailty: science to practice” Bologna, October 17th-18th, 2024.

 

  • Special issue in Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology “Imaging of metabolic bone diseases”. Guest editors: G. Guglielmi and A. Bazzocchi – with the contribution of the subcommittee members – publication in October 2024

 

  • State-of-the-Art Artificial Intelligence applications in metabolic bone diseases

 

  • Reviewing the role of ultrasound-based techniques for the assessment of bone health.

 

  • Work on body composition: techniques and biomarkers

 

  • Collaboration between the IR and O&MBD subcommittee

 

  • Work on a pictorial (Atlas) of Rare Metabolic Bone Diseases

 

  • Compilation of the essential curriculum and core knowledge of metabolic bone disease included in the ESSR diploma.

 

  • Compilation of a glossary of terms for metabolic bone diseases.

 

  • Completing a glossary of sarcopenia in different medical specialties

Books

Image-guided Intra- and Extra-articular Musculoskeletal Interventions: An Illustrated Practical Guide
Obradov, Marina, Gielen, Jan L. (Eds.), ( Springer 2018 – In Press)

Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injections E-Book 1st Edition, Kindle Edition Elsevier 2017
by Gina M Allen,‎ David J Wilson, Elena Drakonaki, Mark Maybury

Sconfienza LM, Serafini G, Silvestri E. Ultrasound-guided Musculoskeletal Procedures: The Upper Limb. Springer Verlag 2012
Sconfienza LM, Orlandi D, Silvestri E. Ultrasound-guided Musculoskeletal Procedures:The Lower Limb. Springer Verlag 2015

Publications

  • Wáng YXJ, Diacinti D, Aparisi Gómez MP, Santiago FR, Becce F, Tagliafico AS, Prakash M, Isaac A, Dalili D, Griffith JF, Guglielmi G, Bazzocchi A. Radiological diagnosis of prevalent osteoporotic vertebral fracture on radiographs: an interim consensus from a group of experts of the ESSR osteoporosis and metabolism subcommittee. Skeletal Radiol. 2024 Apr 25. doi: 10.1007/s00256-024-04678-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38662094.

 

  • Gazzotti S, Sassi R, Aparisi Gómez MP, Moroni A, Brizola E, Miceli M, Bazzocchi A. Imaging in osteogenesis imperfecta: Where we are and where we are going. Eur J Med Genet. 2024 Apr;68:104926. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2024.104926. Epub 2024 Feb 16. PMID: 38369057.

 

  • Gazzotti S, Aparisi Gómez MP, Schileo E, Taddei F, Sangiorgi L, Fusaro M, Miceli M, Guglielmi G, Bazzocchi A. High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography: research or clinical practice? Br J Radiol. 2023 May 24:20221016. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20221016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37195008.

 

  • Bazzocchi A, Gazzotti S, Santarpia L, Madeddu C, Petroni ML, Aparisi Gómez MP. Editorial: Importance of body composition analysis in clinical nutrition. Front Nutr. 2023 Jan 12;9:1080636. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1080636. PMID: 36712513; PMCID: PMC9878674.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Isaac A, Dalili D, Fotiadou A, Kariki EP, Kirschke JS,Krestan CR, Messina C, Oei EHG, Phan CM, Prakash M, Sabir N, Tagliafico A, Aparisi F, Baum T, Link TM, Guglielmi G, Bazzocchi A. Imaging of Metabolic Bone Diseases: The Spine View, Part II. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2022Aug;26(4):491-500. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1754341. Epub 2022 Sep 14. PMID: 36103890.

 

  • Bazzocchi A, Isaac A, Dalili D, Fotiadou A, Kariki EP, Kirschke JS, Krestan CR, Messina C, Oei EHG, Phan CM, Prakash M, Sabir N, Tagliafico A, Aparisi F, Baum T, Link TM, Guglielmi G, Aparisi Gómez MP. Imaging of Metabolic Bone Diseases: The Spine View, Part I. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2022 Aug;26(4):478-490. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1754340. Epub 2022 Sep 14. PMID: 36103889.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Ayuso Benavent C, Simoni P, Musa Aguiar P, Bazzocchi A, Aparisi F. Imaging of Bone Marrow: From Science to Practice. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2022 Aug;26(4):396-411. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1745803. Epub 2022 Sep 14. PMID: 36103883.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Aparisi F, Morganti AG, Fanti S, Bazzocchi A. Effects of Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy on the Musculoskeletal System. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2022 Jun;26(3):338-353. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1740995. Epub 2022 Jun 2. PMID: 35654099.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP. Editorial Comment: Pediatric Sarcopenia-Quest forDiagnosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Aug;219(2):337. doi: 10.2214/AJR.22.27647. Epub 2022 Mar 9. PMID: 35261282.

 

  • Musa Aguiar P, Zarantonello P, Aparisi Gómez MP. Differentiation Between Osteoporotic And Neoplastic Vertebral Fractures: State Of The Art And Future Perspectives. Curr Med Imaging. 2021 Apr 12. doi: 10.2174/1573405617666210412142758. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33845727.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Weidekamm C, Aparisi F, Bazzocchi A. Sports and Metabolic Bone Disease. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2020 Jun;24(3):277-289. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1709483. Epub 2020 Sep 28. PMID: 32987426.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Ayuso Benavent C, Simoni P, Aparisi F, Guglielmi G, Bazzocchi A. Fat and bone: the multiperspective analysis of a close relationship. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2020 Aug;10(8):1614-1635. doi: 10.21037/qims.2020.01.11. PMID: 32742956; PMCID: PMC7378091.

 

 

Chapters:

 

  • Aparisi Gómez, M.P., Vasilevska Nikodinovska, V., Phan, C.M., Petrera, M.R., Sabir, N., Bazzocchi, A. (2024). “Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders”. In: Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2024_501

 

  • “Metabolic bone disease in geriatric patients” (chapter 14) In the book: Imaging in Geriatrics. Editors: Guglielmi and Maas. Springer, Switzerland. Published 2023.

 

  • “Body composition in geriatric patients” (chapter 15) In the book: Imaging in Geriatrics. Editors: Guglielmi and Maas. Springer, Switzerland. Published 2023.

Links

National Osteoporosis Foundation
International Skeletal Society
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
Radiological Society of North America
International Osteoporosis Foundation
Dachverband Osteologie

How to join the Subcommittee

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.

PAEDIATRIC SUBCOMMITTEE

Mission and Vision

The paediatric musculoskeletal subcommittee was established as a panel for musculoskeletal radiologists with a particular interest and expertise in imaging of musculoskeletal disorders in children. Children are not merely “small adults” when it comes to the musculoskeletal system. The complexity of the developmental characteristics, the constant changing features and particularities of the children’s skeleton can pose a significant challenge for paediatric and musculoskeletal radiologists equally. The impact of misdiagnosis in children can be devastating and have important implications in adulthood. At the same time, exposure to radiation and contrast agents can involve short and long term risks that need to be carefully addressed and pondered.

The main aim of this subcommittee is to promote educational projects and encourage research and innovation focused on musculoskeletal imaging in children. This involves working towards the standardization of practice and optimization of imaging procedures and algorithms, with the purpose of achieving early and accurate diagnosis with minimization of risk for paediatric patients. The intention is to promote collaboration amongst members and with other ESSR subcommittees to standardize and improve practice and create a forum for discussion on appropriateness and indications of techniques and imaging advances. The work of the subcommittee would like to encourage excellence in paediatric musculoskeletal diagnosis, and also increase the visibility of diagnostic and interventional paediatric musculoskeletal radiology as a specific discipline.

Chairperson

Paolo Simoni, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2022 – 2025

Vice – Chairperson

Maria Pilar Aparisi-Gomez, Valencia, Spain & Auckland, New Zealand
2022 – 2025

 

Past Chairpersons

2019-2022: Paolo Simoni 

Subcommittee Members

Alberto Bazzocchi, Bologna, Italy
Alberto Vieira, Porto, Portugal
Alessandro De Leucio, Brussels, Belgium
Amanda Isaac, London, United Kingdom
Chiara Giraudo Padova, Italy
Dennis Bielecki London, United Kingdom
Emilio J Inarejos Clemente, Barcelona, Spain
Emma Gerety, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Estelle Tenisch, Lausanne, Switzerland
Flavia Menegotto, Bristol, United Kingdom
Giulia Negro, Brussels, Belgium
Grammatina Boitsios, Brussels, Belgium
Heir Mandip, Leicester, United Kingdom
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, Warsaw, Poland
Jacob Jaremko, Edmonton, Canada
Lennart Jans, Gent, Belgium
Mariantonietta Francavilla Bari, Italy
Mario Maas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nele Herregods, Gent, Belgium
Olympia Papakonstantinou, Athens, Greece
Paolo Simoni, Brussels, Belgium
Patrick Omoumi, Lausanne, Switzerland
Maria Pilar Aparisi-Gomez, Valencia, Spain & Auckland, New Zealand
Riccardo De Angelis, Brussels, Belgium
Saira Haque, London, United Kingdom
Victoria Alvarez , Brussels, Belgium
Winston Rennie, Leicester, United Kingdom

Projects

General ongoing activities:

  • Active participation in ESR and ESSR forums (initiatives including webinars).
  • Active collaboration with other international societies such us ISS and Paediatric societies.
  • Organisation of dedicated courses / workshops and collaboration in ESSR outreach programme.
  • Platform to share and save in interesting and /or controversial cases to submit to the members. These cases could be the basis of a platform for e-learning.
  • Offer an up-to-date choice of articles and external resources selected and suggested by the members for young radiologists and residents who wish to improve their knowledge in paediatric MSK imaging.

Current projects:

  • Conduct a survey on the status of teaching of paediatric musculoskeletal imaging across Europe.
    The intention is to survey the importance of paediatric musculoskeletal radiology in the general core curriculum of the undergraduate students (some essential but clear points on common diseases) and explore the possibility of or the demand to develop a tailored and targeted e-leaning platform for paediatric MSK radiology in the future for medical students and residents.
  • AI in paediatric MSK radiology: challenges and perspectives (state of the art), with the provision of involvement of experts (legal, bioethical, industry…) with the aim to explore medicolegal consequences.
  • Advances in MSK paediatric radiology – as scoping review work
  • Use of contrast agents in paediatric MSK imaging – as a consensus work involving other groups from ESSR, and exporting it as a collaboration with ESPR.

Publications

BOOK:

Essential Measurements in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Imaging.
Ed Simoni and Aparisi Gómez. Springer. ISBN 978-3-031-17734-7
(Published online April 2023, printed version May 2023)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

  • Simoni P, Boitsios G, Saliba T, Cesaro E, Aparisi Gómez MP. Conventional Radiography Assessment of the Pediatric Knee: Pearls and Pitfalls. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2024 Jun;28(3):327-336. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1782206. Epub 2024 May 20. PMID: 38768597.

 

  • Drakonaki EE, Adriaensen M, Simoni P, Aparisi Gomez MP. The beauty of pediatric musculoskeletal ultrasound. 2024 May 13. English. doi: 10.1055/a-2300-2821. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38740063.

 

  • De Angelis R, Aparisi Gomez MP, Negro G, Ikhlef S, Fichera G, Bazzocchi A, Simoni P. Novelties in slipped capital femoral epiphysis imaging: A narrative review. 2024 Apr 5;10(7):e28734. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28734. PMID: 38617959; PMCID: PMC11015101.

 

  • Gazzotti S, Sassi R, Aparisi Gómez MP, Moroni A, Brizola E, Miceli M, Bazzocchi A. Imaging in osteogenesis imperfecta: Where we are and where we are going. Eur J Med Genet. 2024 Apr;68:104926. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2024.104926. Epub 2024 Feb 16. PMID: 38369057.

 

  • Boitsios G, Saliba T, Aparisi Gómez MP, Simoni P. Does ethnicity influence bone health index in children? A pilot study. Pediatr Radiol. 2024 Feb;54(2):316-323. doi: 10.1007/s00247-023-05844-x. Epub 2024 Jan 16. PMID: 38227019.

 

  • Sudoł-Szopińska I, Herregods N, Zejden A, Jans L, Giraudo C, Boesen M, Becce F, Bazzocchi A, Simoni P, Aparisi Gómez MP, Jaremko J, Maas M, Teh J, Hermann KG, Menegotto F, Isaac A, Reijnierse M, Shah A, Rennie W, Jurik AG. Current Role of Conventional Radiography of Sacroiliac Joints in Adults and Juveniles with Suspected Axial Spondyloarthritis: Opinion from the ESSR Arthritis and Pediatric Subcommittees. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2023 Oct;27(5):588-595. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1772169. Epub 2023 Oct 10. Erratum in: Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2023 Oct;27(5):e1. PMID: 37816367.
  • Inarejos Clemente EJ, Aparisi Gómez MP, Catala March J, Restrepo R. Ankle and Foot Deformities in Children. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2023 Jun;27(3):367-377. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1766099. Epub 2023 May 25. PMID: 37230135.

 

  • Boitsios G, Briganti G, Mokhtari A, De Lucia F, Aparisi Gómez MP, Simoni P. Online software Boneureka assessing bone age based on metacarpal length in healthy children: proof-of-concept study. Pediatr Radiol. 2023 May;53(6):1100-1107. doi: 10.1007/s00247-023-05595-9. Epub 2023 Feb 28. PMID: 36853377.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Bazzocchi A, Simoni P, Inarejos Clemente EJ. Postsurgical Evaluation of the Pediatric Foot and Ankle. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2022 Dec;26(6):755-776. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1760244. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 36791743.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Ayuso Benavent C, Simoni P, Musa Aguiar P, Bazzocchi A, Aparisi F. Imaging of Bone Marrow: From Science to Practice. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2022 Aug;26(4):396-411. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1745803. Epub 2022 Sep 14. PMID: 36103883.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Aparisi F, Morganti AG, Fanti S, Bazzocchi A. Effects of Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy on the Musculoskeletal System. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2022 Jun;26(3):338-353. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1740995. Epub 2022 Jun 2. PMID: 35654099.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP. Editorial Comment: Pediatric Sarcopenia-Quest for Diagnosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Aug;219(2):337. doi: 10.2214/AJR.22.27647. Epub 2022 Mar 9. PMID: 35261282.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Trisolino G, Sangiorgi L, Guglielmi G, Bazzocchi A. Imaging of Congenital Skeletal Disorders. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2021 Feb;25(1):22-38. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1723964. Epub 2021 May 21. PMID: 34020466.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Watkin S, Perry D, Simoni P, Trisolino G, Bazzocchi A. Anatomical Considerations of Embryology and Development of the Musculoskeletal System: Basic Notions for Musculoskeletal Radiologists. Semin Musculoskelet 2021 Feb;25(1):3-21. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1723005. Epub 2021 May 21. PMID: 34020465.
  • Pracoń G, Aparisi Gómez MP, Simoni P, Gietka P, Sudoł-Szopińska I. Conventional Radiography and Ultrasound Imaging of Rheumatic Diseases Affecting the Pediatric Population. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2021 Feb;25(1):68-81. doi: 1055/s-0041-1726014. Epub 2021 May 21. PMID: 34020469.

 

  • Guglielmi R, Di Chio T, Kaleeta Maalu JP, Aparisi Gómez MP, De Leucio A, Simoni P. Preoperative and Postoperative Imaging in Idiopathic Scoliosis: What the Surgeon Wants to Know. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2021 Feb;25(1):155-166. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1724018. Epub 2021 May 21. PMID: 34020475.

 

  • Boitsios G, De Leucio A, Preziosi M, Seidel L, Aparisi Gómez MP, Simoni P. Are Automated and Visual Greulich and Pyle-Based Methods Applicable to Caucasian European Children With a Moroccan Ethnic Origin When Assessing Bone Age? Cureus. 2021 Feb 21;13(2):e13478. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13478. PMID: 33777566; PMCID: PMC7990004.

 

  • Zarantonello P, Spinnato P, Vommaro F, Greggi T, Gasbarrini A, Aparisi Gomez MP. Imaging Findings in an Early Symptomatic Dystopic Os Odontoideum. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Oct 12:1-2. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.223. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33040754.

 

  • Simoni P, Bazzocchi A, Boitsios G, De Leucio A, Preziosi M, Aparisi Gómez MP. Chest computed tomography (CT) features in children with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-confirmed COVID-19: A systematic review. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2020 Oct;64(5):649-659. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13098. Epub 2020 Sep 30. PMID: 33000560; PMCID: PMC7537213.

 

  • Aparisi Gómez MP, Weidekamm C, Aparisi F, Bazzocchi A. Sports and Metabolic Bone Disease. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2020 Jun;24(3):277-289. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1709483. Epub 2020 Sep 28. PMID: 32987426.

 

  • Simoni P, Guglielmi R, Aparisi Gómez MP. Imaging of body composition in children. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2020 Aug;10(8):1661-1671. doi: 10.21037/qims.2020.04.06. PMID: 32742959; PMCID: PMC7378095.

 

  • Preziosi M, De Saint Aubain N, Aparisi Gómez MP, Simoni P. Proliferative Fasciitis of the Hand in a Nine-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cureus. 2020 Jan 24;12(1):e6763. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6763. PMID: 32140331; PMCID: PMC7039357.

 

  • Spinnato P, Aparisi Gómez MP, Giugliano A, Mercatelli D, Bazzocchi A. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome after scoliosis surgery. Pediatr Int. 2019 Nov;61(11):1181-1182. doi: 10.1111/ped.13992. PubMed PMID: 31773845.

 

ARTICLES BY MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITEE:

  • Napoli A, Bazzocchi A, Scipione R, Anzidei M, Saba L, Ghanouni P, Cozzi DA,
    Catalano C. Noninvasive Therapy for Osteoid Osteoma: A Prospective Developmental
    Study with MR Imaging-guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Radiology. 2017
    Oct;285(1):186-196. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2017162680. Epub 2017 Jun 7. PubMed PMID:
    28590796.

 

  • Bartoloni A, Aparisi Gómez MP, Cirillo M, Allen G, Battista G, Guglielmi G,
    Tomà P, Bazzocchi A. Imaging of the limping child. Eur J Radiol. 2018
    Dec;109:155-170. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.10.022. Epub 2018 Oct 27. Review.
    PubMed PMID: 30527299.

 

  • Spinnato P, Facchini G, Tetta C, Lotrecchiano L, Colangeli M, Bazzocchi A,
    Albisinni U, Cutrera R, Tomà P, Bartoloni A. Neurofibromatosis type-1-associated
    diffuse lung disease in children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 Nov;54(11):1760-1764.
    doi: 10.1002/ppul.24481. Epub 2019 Aug 13. PubMed PMID: 31411009.

 

  • Jaremko JL, Teh J, Weidekamm C, Jans L, Herregods N. Hip Inflammatory
    Conditions: A Practical Differential Diagnosis Algorithmic Approach in Adults and
    Children. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2019 Jun;23(3):e1-e16. doi:
    10.1055/s-0039-1683966. Epub 2019 Jun 4. PubMed PMID: 31163507.

 

  • Otobo TM, Conaghan PG, Maksymowych WP, van der Heijde D, Weiss P,
    Sudol-Szopinska I, Herregods N, Jaremko JL, Meyers AB, Rumsey D, Inarejos EC,
    Kirkhus E, Stimec J, Panwar J, Thorpe K, Jans L, van Rossum MA, Tolend M, Perez
    M, Tzaribachev N, Sandhya P, Tse S, Simone A, Swami VG, Touma Z, Lambert R, Doria
    AS. Preliminary Definitions for Sacroiliac Joint Pathologies in the OMERACT
    Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (OMERACT
    JAMRIS-SIJ). J Rheumatol. 2019 Sep;46(9):1192-1197. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.181115.
    Epub 2019 Feb 15. PubMed PMID: 30770500.

 

  • Sudoł-Szopińska I, Eshed I, Jans L, Herregods N, Teh J, Vojinovic J.
    Classifications and imaging of juvenile spondyloarthritis. J Ultrason.
    2018;18(74):224-233. doi: 10.15557/JoU.2018.0033. PubMed PMID: 30451405; PubMed
    Central PMCID: PMC6442218.

 

  • Herregods N, Vanhoenacker FM, Jaremko JL, Jans L. Update on Pediatric Hip
    Imaging. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2017 Nov;21(5):561-581. doi:
    10.1055/s-0037-1606134. Epub 2017 Oct 12. Review. PubMed PMID: 29025186.

 

  • Herregods N, Dehoorne J, Van den Bosch F, Jaremko JL, Van Vlaenderen J, Joos
    R, Baraliakos X, Varkas G, Verstraete K, Elewaut D, Jans L. ASAS definition for
    sacroiliitis on MRI in SpA: applicable to children? Pediatr Rheumatol Online J.
    2017 Apr 11;15(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12969-017-0159-z. PubMed PMID: 28399875;
    PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5387253

 

  • Herregods N, Dehoorne J, Jaremko J, Joos R, Baraliakos X, Verstraete K, Jans
    L. Diagnostic Value of MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints in Juvenile
    Spondyloarthritis. J Belg Soc Radiol. 2016 Nov 19;100(1):95. doi:
    10.5334/jbr-btr.1198. PubMed PMID: 30151489; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6100675

 

  • Herregods N, Dehoorne J, Pattyn E, Jaremko JL, Baraliakos X, Elewaut D, Van
    Vlaenderen J, Van den Bosch F, Joos R, Verstraete K, Jans L. Diagnositic value of
    pelvic enthesitis on MRI of the sacroiliac joints in enthesitis related
    arthritis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2015 Nov 10;13(1):46. doi:
    10.1186/s12969-015-0045-5. PubMed PMID: 26554668; PubMed Central PMCID:
    PMC4641332.

 

  • Herregods N, Dehoorne J, Joos R, Jaremko JL, Baraliakos X, Leus A, Van den
    Bosch F, Verstraete K, Jans L. Diagnostic value of MRI features of sacroiliitis
    in juvenile spondyloarthritis. Clin Radiol. 2015 Dec;70(12):1428-38. doi:
    10.1016/j.crad.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Oct 23. PubMed PMID: 26481251.

 

  • Sudoł-Szopińska I, Jans L, Jurik AG, Hemke R, Eshed I, Boutry N. Imaging
    Features of the Juvenile Inflammatory Arthropathies. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol.
    2018 Sep;22(4):506-508. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1667059. Epub 2018 Aug 22. PubMed
    PMID: 30134472.

 

  • Hissink Muller PCE, van Braak WG, Schreurs D, Nusman CM, Bergstra SA, Hemke R,
    Schonenberg-Meinema D, van den Berg JM, Kuijpers TW, Koopman-Keemink Y, van
    Rossum MAJ, van Suijlekom-Smit LWA, Brinkman DMC, Allaart CF, Ten Cate R, Maas M.
    No radiographic wrist damage after treatment to target in recent-onset juvenile
    idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2019 Sep 4;17(1):62. doi:
    10.1186/s12969-019-0362-1. PubMed PMID: 31484539; PubMed Central PMCID:
    PMC6727344.

 

  • Nusman CM, van den Berg JM, Nassar-Sheikh Rashid A, Ntailiani K, Karantanas A,
    Kuijpers TW, Maas M, Schonenberg-Meinema D. Consider the wrist: a retrospective
    study on pediatric connective tissue disease with MRI. Rheumatol Int. 2019 Jun
    20. doi: 10.1007/s00296-019-04353-1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31222439.

 

  • Barendregt AM, van Gulik EC, Groot PFC, Dolman KM, van den Berg JM,
    Nassar-Sheikh Rashid A, Schonenberg-Meinema D, Lavini C, Rosendahl K, Hemke R,
    Kuijpers TW, Maas M, Nusman CM. Prolonged time between intravenous contrast
    administration and image acquisition results in increased synovial thickness at
    magnetic resonance imaging in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
    Pediatr Radiol. 2019 May;49(5):638-645. doi: 10.1007/s00247-018-04332-x. Epub
    2019 Feb 1. PubMed PMID: 30707259.

 

  • Hemke R, Tzaribachev N, Barendregt AM, Merlijn van den Berg J, Doria AS, Maas
    M. Imaging of the knee in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Radiol. 2018
    Jun;48(6):818-827. doi: 10.1007/s00247-017-4015-6. Epub 2018 May 8. Review.
    PubMed PMID: 29766248; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5954001.

 

  • Kox LS, Kuijer PPFM, Thijssen DAJ, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, van Rijn RR, Frings-Dresen
    MHW, Maas M. Health Effects of Wrist-Loading Sports During Youth: A Systematic
    Literature Review. J Phys Act Health. 2018 Sep 1;15(9):708-720. doi:
    10.1123/jpah.2017-0328. Epub 2018 May 9. PubMed PMID: 29741447.

 

  • van Gulik EC, Hemke R, Welsink-Karssies MM, Schonenberg-Meinema D, Dolman KM,
    Barendregt AM, Nusman CM, Maas M, Kuijpers TW, van den Berg JM. Normal MRI
    findings of the knee in patients with clinically active juvenile idiopathic
    arthritis. Eur J Radiol. 2018 May;102:36-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.02.027.
    Epub 2018 Mar 6. PubMed PMID: 29685542

 

  • Nusman CM, de Horatio LT, Hemke R, van Gulik EC, Ording Müller LS, Malattia C,
    Avenarius D, Toma P, Roth J, Tzaribachev N, Magni-Manzoni S, Maas M, Doria AS,
    Rosendahl K. Imaging in juvenile idiopathic arthritis – international initiatives
    and ongoing work. Pediatr Radiol. 2018 Jun;48(6):828-834. doi:
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    PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5953998.

 

  • van Gulik EC, Welsink-Karssies MM, van den Berg JM, Schonenberg-Meinema D,
    Dolman KM, Barendregt AM, Nusman CM, Maas M, Kuijpers TW, Hemke R. Juvenile
    idiopathic arthritis: magnetic resonance imaging of the clinically unaffected
    knee. Pediatr Radiol. 2018 Mar;48(3):333-340. doi: 10.1007/s00247-017-4059-7.
    Epub 2018 Jan 6. PubMed PMID: 29307035; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5823947.

 

  • Slaar A, Fockens MM, Wang J, Maas M, Wilson DJ, Goslings JC, Schep NW, van
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    patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Dec 7;12:CD011686. doi:
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  • Hemke R, van den Berg JM, Nusman CM, van Gulik EC, Barendregt AM,
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    findings of the knee in healthy children; establishing normal values. Eur Radiol.
    2018 Mar;28(3):1167-1174. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-5067-6. Epub 2017 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 28986634; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5811591.

 

  • Hemke R, Nusman CM, van den Berg JM, Lavini C, Schonenberg-Meinema D, Dolman
    KM, Kuijpers TW, Maas M. Construct validity of pixel-by-pixel DCE-MRI:
    Correlation with conventional MRI scores in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Eur J
    Radiol. 2017 Sep;94:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.07.003. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
    PubMed PMID: 28941753.

 

  • Barendregt AM, van Gulik EC, Lavini C, Nusman CM, van den Berg JM,
    Schonenberg-Meinema D, Dolman KM, Kuijpers TW, Hemke R, Maas M.
    Diffusion-weighted imaging for assessment of synovial inflammation in juvenile
    idiopathic arthritis: a promising imaging biomarker as an alternative to
    gadolinium-based contrast agents. Eur Radiol. 2017 Nov;27(11):4889-4899. doi:
    10.1007/s00330-017-4876-y. Epub 2017 Jun 12. Erratum in: Eur Radiol. 2018 Nov
    30;:. PubMed PMID: 28608162; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5635098.

 

  • Hemke R, Tzaribachev N, Nusman CM, van Rossum MAJ, Maas M, Doria AS. Magnetic
    Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Knee as an Outcome Measure in Juvenile Idiopathic
    Arthritis: An OMERACT Reliability Study on MRI Scales. J Rheumatol. 2017
    Aug;44(8):1224-1230. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.160821. Epub 2017 Jun 1. PubMed PMID:
    28572469.

 

  • Nusman CM, Hemke R, Lavini C, Schonenberg-Meinema D, van Rossum MA, Dolman
    KM, van den Berg JM, Maas M, Kuijpers TW. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic
    resonance imaging can play a role in predicting flare in juvenile idiopathic
    arthritis. Eur J Radiol. 2017 Mar;88:77-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.01.003.
    Epub 2017 Jan 4. PubMed PMID: 28189212.

 

  • Nusman CM, Lavini C, Hemke R, Caan MW, Schonenberg-Meinema D, Dolman KM, van Rossum MA, van den Berg JM, Kuijpers TW, Maas M. Dynamic contrast-enhanced
    magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist in children with juvenile idiopathic
    arthritis. Pediatr Radiol. 2017 Feb;47(2):205-213. doi:
    10.1007/s00247-016-3736-2. Epub 2016 Dec 12. PubMed PMID: 27957626; PubMed
    Central PMCID: PMC5250661.

 

  • Rieter JF, de Horatio LT, Nusman CM, Müller LS, Hemke R, Avenarius DF, van
    Rossum MA, Malattia C, Maas M, Rosendahl K. The many shades of enhancement:
    timing of post-gadolinium images strongly influences the scoring of juvenile
    idiopathic arthritis wrist involvement on MRI. Pediatr Radiol. 2016
    Oct;46(11):1562-7. doi: 10.1007/s00247-016-3657-0. Epub 2016 Jul 12. PubMed PMID:
    27406611.

 

  • Nusman CM, Rosendahl K, Maas M. MRI Protocol for the Assessment of Juvenile
    Idiopathic Arthritis of the Wrist: Recommendations from the OMERACT MRI in JIA
    Working Group and Health-e-Child. J Rheumatol. 2016 Jun;43(6):1257-8. doi:
    10.3899/jrheum.160094. Review. PubMed PMID: 27252505.

 

  • Slaar A, Walenkamp MM, Bentohami A, Maas M, van Rijn RR, Steyerberg EW, Jager
    LC, Sosef NL, van Velde R, Ultee JM, Goslings JC, Schep NW. A clinical decision
    rule for the use of plain radiography in children after acute wrist injury:
    development and external validation of the Amsterdam Pediatric Wrist Rules.
    Pediatr Radiol. 2016 Jan;46(1):50-60. doi: 10.1007/s00247-015-3436-3. Epub 2015
    Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 26298555; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4706582.

 

  • Colebatch-Bourn AN, Edwards CJ, Collado P, D’Agostino MA, Hemke R,
    Jousse-Joulin S, Maas M, Martini A, Naredo E, Østergaard M, Rooney M, Tzaribachev
    N, van Rossum MA, Vojinovic J, Conaghan PG, Malattia C. EULAR-PReS points to
    consider for the use of imaging in the diagnosis and management of juvenile
    idiopathic arthritis in clinical practice. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015
    Nov;74(11):1946-57. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207892. Epub 2015 Aug 5.
    Review. PubMed PMID: 26245755.

 

  • Nusman CM, Hemke R, Benninga MA, Schonenberg-Meinema D, Kindermann A, van
    Rossum MA, van den Berg JM, Maas M, Kuijpers TW. Contrast-enhanced MRI of the
    knee in children unaffected by clinical arthritis compared to clinically active
    juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients. Eur Radiol. 2016 Apr;26(4):1141-8. doi:
    10.1007/s00330-015-3912-z. Epub 2015 Aug 2. PubMed PMID: 26233246; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4778146.

 

  • Barendregt AM, Nusman CM, Hemke R, Lavini C, Amiras D, Kuijpers TW, Maas M.
    Feasibility of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in patients with
    juvenile idiopathic arthritis on 1.0-T open-bore MRI. Skeletal Radiol. 2015
    Dec;44(12):1805-11. doi: 10.1007/s00256-015-2208-3. Epub 2015 Jul 24. PubMed
    PMID: 26205760; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4608988.

 

  • Hemke R, Kuijpers TW, Nusman CM, Schonenberg-Meinema D, van Rossum MA, Dolman KM, van den Berg JM, Maas M. Contrast-enhanced MRI features in the early
    diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Eur Radiol. 2015 Nov;25(11):3222-9.
    doi: 10.1007/s00330-015-3752-x. Epub 2015 May 23. PubMed PMID: 26002127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4595524.

 

  • Nusman CM, Ording Muller LS, Hemke R, Doria AS, Avenarius D, Tzaribachev N,
    Malattia C, van Rossum MA, Maas M, Rosendahl K. Current Status of Efforts on
    Standardizing Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Report
    from the OMERACT MRI in JIA Working Group and Health-e-Child. J Rheumatol. 2016
    Jan;43(1):239-44. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.141276. Epub 2015 May 15. Review. PubMed
    PMID: 25979714.

 

  • Hemke R, Nusman CM, van der Heijde DM, Doria AS, Kuijpers TW, Maas M, van
    Rossum MA. Frequency of joint involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis during
    a 5-year follow-up of newly diagnosed patients: implications for MR imaging as
    outcome measure. Rheumatol Int. 2015 Feb;35(2):351-7. doi:
    10.1007/s00296-014-3108-x. Epub 2014 Aug 14. PubMed PMID: 25119829.

 

  • Znajdek M, Gazda A, Gietka P, Wysmołek M, Sudoł-Szopińska I. Juvenile
    spondyloarthritis and chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis overlap syndrome
    in a 16-year-old adolescent. A case report and literature review. J Ultrason.
    2019;19(77):152-157. doi: 10.15557/JoU.2019.0022. Epub 2019 Jun 28. PubMed PMID:
    31355588; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6750310.

 

  • Sudoł-Szopińska I, Znajdek M, Gietka P, Vasilevska-Nikodinovska V, Patrovic L,
    Salapura V. Imaging of juvenile spondyloarthritis. Part II: Ultrasonography and
    magnetic resonance imaging. J Ultrason. 2017 Sep;17(70):176-181. doi:
    10.15557/JoU.2017.0026. Epub 2017 Sep 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 29075522; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5647612.

 

  • Sudoł-Szopińska I, Gietka P, Znajdek M, Matuszewska G, Bogucevska M,
    Damjanovska-Krstikj L, Ivanoski S. Imaging of juvenile spondyloarthritis. Part I:
    Classifications and radiographs. J Ultrason. 2017 Sep;17(70):167-175. doi:
    10.15557/JoU.2017.0025. Epub 2017 Sep 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 29075521; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5647611.

 

  • Sudoł-Szopińska I, Płaza M, Pracoń G. Selected issues in diagnostic imaging of
    spondyloarthritides: psoriatic arthritis and juvenile spondyloarthritis.
    Reumatologia. 2016;54(6):310-317. doi: 10.5114/reum.2016.64908. Epub 2016 Dec 30.
    Review. PubMed PMID: 28115782; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5241368

 

  • Matuszewska G, Zaniewicz-Kaniewska K, Włodkowska-Korytkowska M, Smorawińska P, Saied F, Kunisz W, Sudoł-Szopińska I. Radiological imaging in pediatric rheumatic
    diseases. Pol J Radiol. 2014 Mar 21;79:51-8. doi: 10.12659/PJR.889816.
    eCollection 2014. Review. PubMed PMID: 24669280; PubMed Central PMCID:
    PMC3965289

 

  • Bazzocchi A, Spinnato P, Aparisi Gómez MP, Mercatelli D, Albisinni U.
    Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome: “Bat wings” spinal fusions and “ladybug”
    carpal coalitions. Pediatr Neonatol. 2019 Aug;60(4):469-470. doi:
    10.1016/j.pedneo.2018.08.007. Epub 2018 Sep 5. PubMed PMID: 30245165.

 

  • Bazzocchi A, Spinnato P, Mercatelli D, Aparisi Gómez MP. Fluid-Fluid Levels in
    Aneurysmal Bone Cysts. J Pediatr. 2019 Jan;204:317. doi:
    10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.081. Epub 2018 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 30270163.

 

  • Arrigoni F, Napoli A, Bazzocchi A, Zugaro L, Scipione R, Bruno F, Palumbo P,
    Anzidei M, Mercatelli D, Gravina GL, Zoccali C, Ghanouni P, Barile A, Catalano C,
    Masciocchi C. Magnetic-resonance-guided focused ultrasound treatment of
    non-spinal osteoid osteoma in children: multicentre experience. Pediatr Radiol.
    2019 Aug;49(9):1209-1216. doi: 10.1007/s00247-019-04426-0. Epub 2019 May 25.
    PubMed PMID: 31129699.

 

  • Spinnato P, Aparisi Gómez MP, Giugliano A, Mercatelli D, Bazzocchi A. Superior
    mesenteric artery syndrome after scoliosis surgery. Pediatr Int. 2019
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  • Spinnato P, Aparisi Gomez MP, Molinari M, Mercatelli D, Bazzocchi A.
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    2019 Feb;86(2):198-199. doi: 10.1007/s12098-018-2756-3. Epub 2018 Aug 13. PubMed
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  • Spinnato P, Facchini G, Bazzocchi A, Albisinni U. Diffuse lung disease
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  • Albisinni U, Facchini G, Spinnato P, Gasbarrini A, Bazzocchi A. Spinal osteoid
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    PMID: 28497160.

 

  • Le VD, Simoni P. 4-year-old boy referring for diffuse joint stiffness and
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  • Appiah V, Boitsios G, Vander Elst O, Simoni P. Acute right ankle pain in a
    9-year-old boy without history of trauma. Normal variant of distal tibial
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  • Boitsios G, Le Brun JC, Simoni P. Short stature and bone structure
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  • Dimitriou C, Boitsios G, Badot V, Lê PQ, Goffin L, Simoni P. Imaging of
    Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Radiol Clin North Am. 2017 Sep;55(5):1071-1083.
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How to join the Subcommittee

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.

SPINE SUBCOMMITTEE

Chairperson

Radhesh Lalam, Oswestry, United Kingdom
2024 – 2027

How to join the Subcommittee

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.

SPORTS SUBCOMMITTEE

Mission and Vision

Radiologists are playing a definite role in the clinical management of high ranking athletes as well as of people enrolled in various forms of sports. At least since the Olympic games of Atlanta in 1996, indications for diagnostic imaging have been shifted towards the on-site detection of trauma and overuse. With new technologies in sonography, MDCT and MRI the possibility to document subtle findings has been pushed forward enormously. This leads to the detection of slight stress reactions of the bones, typical patterns of tendinosis, muscle trauma, or early forms of bone marrow edema. Distinct sports-related signs can be described with new insights in pathophysiology. Along with the detection of early abnormalities a new field of research is opened for the prevention of tendon ruptures, osteoarthritis, and fractures of bone. Thus, imaging in sports is an important link between sports medicine and imaging sciences stimulating each other within interdisciplinary clinical management.

The subcommittee for Imaging in Sports was founded with the intention to promote the various aspects of specific indications, of standardised techniques of investigation, and of the better understanding of imaging findings.

Chairperson

Milko De Jonge, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023 – 2026

Vice – Chairperson

Maria Tzalonikou, Athens, Greece
2023 – 2026

 

Past Chairpersons

2020-2023: Christoph Schäffeler
2017-2020: Igor Boric
2014-2017: Maryam Shahabpour
2011-2014: Josef Kramer

 

Subcommittee Members

Alberto Vieira, Porto, Portugal
Amanda Isaac, London, United Kingdom
Ana Vieira, Porto, Portugal
Anagha Parkar, Bergen, Norway
Andrea Alcala-Galiano, Madrid, Spain
Andrea Klauser, Innsbruck, Austria
Andrea Rosskopf, Zurich, Switzerland
Andreas Heuck, Munich, Germany
Andrew Grainger, Leeds, United Kingdom
Angeliki Neroladaki, Geneva, Switzerland
Anna Falkowski, Winterthur, Switzerland
Apostolos Karantanas, Heraklion, Greece
Ara Kassarjian, Brookline, United Kingdom
Athena Plagou, Athens, Greece
Aurelio Cosentin, Essertes, Switzerland
Benjamin Fritz, Willich, Germany
Berna Dirim Mete, Izmir, Turkey
Carlo Faletti, Turin, Italy
Carmelo Messina, Milan, Italy
Christian Glaser, Munich, Germany
Christoph Schaeffeler, Chur, Germany
Claudia Weidekamm, Vienna, Austria
Danoob Dalili, London, United Kingdom
David Wilson, Oxford, United Kingdom
Eva Llopis, Valencia, Spain
Filippo Del Grande, Switzerland
Gina Allen, Oxford, United Kingdom
Graeme Thompson, Oxford, UK
Guillaume Bierry, Strasbourg, France
Jaime Isern, Barcelona, Spain
Janani Pillai, London, United Kingdom
Javier Fernández Jara, Spain
Joanna Sawicka, Warsaw, Poland
Josef Kramer, Linz, Austria
Madani Afarine, Brussels, Belgium
Marc-André Weber, Rostock, Germany
Maria José Ereno Ealo, Galdacano, Spain
Maria Tzalonikou, Athens, Greece
Mario Maas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mario Padron, Madrid, Spain
Maryam Shahabpour, Brussels, Belgium
Miraude Adriaensen, Herleen, The Netherlands
P. Diana Afonso, Lisbon, Portugal
Paweł Szaro, Gothenburg, Sweden 
Phil Robinson, Leeds, United Kingdom
Philip Hansen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Pia Jungmann, Munich, Germany
Ramy Mansour, Oxford, United Kingdom
Reto Sutter, Zurich, Switzerland
Roar Pedersen, Toensberg, Norway
Sebastian Maresch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Seema Döring, Brussels, Belgium
Simranjeet Kaur, Chester, United Kingdom
Violeta Vasilevska, Skopje, North Macedonia
György Gulácsi, Budakalász, Hungary
Aline Serfaty, Carbo Fio, Brazil
Muthusamy, Chandramohan, Bradford, United Kingdom
Evangelia Vassalou, Heraklion, Greece

Projects

Online Education – “Top 5 Tips in Imaging…”
Experts in the field provide short educational tips for the ESSR members via the E-Learning platform.
A small preview of the great Top 5 Tips that await you on the eLearning website. Please find a “Top 5 Tip” example on the right.

“The Interesting Paper” – Providing knowledge from Sports imaging, orthopedics and sports medicine to the ESSR members

Building a cooperation with ESSKA (European Society of Sport Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy) – ESSKA

THE INTERESTING PAPER

The Interesting Paper 2021

The Interesting Paper Q3 2021
The Interesting Paper Q4 2021

The Interesting Paper 2022

The Interesting Paper Q1 2022
The Interesting Paper Q2 2022
The Interesting Paper Q3 2022
The Interesting Paper Q4 2022

The Interesting Paper 2023

The Interesting Paper Q1 2023

TOP 5 TIPS

Top 5 Tips_Evaluating significant bipolar bone loss

Sports Subcommittee Guidelines of MR Imaging of Sports Injurie

 

Introduction MR protocols
 

Shoulder
 

Elbow
 

Wrist
 

Thumb
 

Fingers
 

Side Strain
 

Pelvis
 

Standard Hip
 

Hip MR Arthrogram
 

Groin Pain
 

SI joints sacrum
 

Spine
 

Hamstrings
 

Knee
 

Thigh Calf
 

Ankle
 

Foot
 

Imaging protocols for the hip

    

Publications

ESSR Sports Imaging Subcommittee and Breitenseher Publisher

MRI of Wirst & Hand (Eds.: M Shahabpour, A Isaac, M DeJonge)
MRI of the Knee (2nd Edition, Eds: J Kramer, A Karantanas)
MRI of the Shoulder (Eds.: M. Shahabpour, R. Sutter, J. Kramer)
MRI of the Elbow (Editor: R Sutter)
MRI Foot & Ankle (Eds: J Kramer, A Karantanas)
MRI of the Hip (Eds: J Kramer, A Karantanas)

Links

Radiological Societies

ECR (European Congress of Radiology)
ISS (The International Skeletal Society)

Sports Medicine and Science Associations

Australian College of Sports Physicians
Austrian Society for Sports Medicine
American College of Sports Medicine
Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine/Académie Canadienne De Médecine Du Sport
European College of Sport Science
EFSM European Federation of Sports Medicine
ESSKA European Society of Sport Traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy
Federación Española De Medicina del Delporte
FIMS – Fédération Internationale du Médecine du Sport
GOTS (Gesellschaft fuer Orthopaedie, Traumatologie und Sportmedizin)
IAAF – International Amateur Athletic Federation
IOC – International Olympic Committee
National Sports Medicine Institute of the United Kingdom
Société Française de Médecine du Sport
Sport Medicine Australia

Sports Medicine and Sport Science Journals (with online sites)

American Journal of Sports Medicine
American Sports Medicine Institute
Biology of Sport
British Journal of Sports Medicine
Canadian Athletic Therapists Association
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin
European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology
Journal of Applied Physiology
Journal of Sports Sciences
Journal de Traumatologie du Sport
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
The Physician and Sport Medicine Online
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (MSSE)
Sport Medicine Digest
Sportorthopaedie-Sporttraumatologie

European Society of Sport Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy ESSKA

How to join the Subcommittee

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.

TUMOUR SUBCOMMITTEE

Mission and Vision

Musculoskeletal (MSK) tumours are rare and comprise a multitude of diverse entities. Recognition and early, accurate diagnosis of bone and soft tissue sarcomas are crucial for satisfactory patient outcomes. Bone and soft tissue tumour imaging is a mainstay of the diagnostic MSK tumour work-up. Standardized algorithms should be followed for local staging, and, if needed, for whole-body assessment, as well as for therapy control and follow-up.

The ESSR subcommittee Tumours consists of a group of colleagues who have a particular interest and expertise in imaging of musculoskeletal tumours, of both bone and soft tissues.The group was founded in 2005, with Suzanne Anderson as the subcommittee chair (three-year term), and “Pater” Mark Davies, Hans Bloem, and Daniel Vanel, and a great group of enthusiastic colleagues with representatives from many European countries.
The intention of the group is to promote both educational and research issues in bone and soft tissue tumours. This includes the standardization of imaging algorithms, and better understanding of imaging findings, as well as multicentre studies.

The subcommittee organizes the refresher session “Tumour Imaging” at the ESSR annual meeting.

Chairperson

Hatice Tuba Sanal, Ankara, Türkiye
2024 – 2027

Vice – Chairperson

Salvatore Gitto, Milan, Italy
2024 – 2027

 

Past Chairpersons

2021-2024: Violeta Vasilevska-Nikodinovska
2018-2021: Radhesh Lalam
2015-2018: Marc-André Weber
2012-2015: Iris Melanie Nöbauer-Huhmann
2009-2012: Catharina Van Rijswijk

 

Subcommittee Members

Suzanne E. Anderson, Baden, Switzerland
Jesus Damaso Aquerreta Beola, Pamplona, Spain
Remide Arkun, Izmir, Turkey
Giacomo Aringhieri, Pisa, Italy
Gunnar Åström, Uppsala, Sweden
Andrea Baur-Melnyk, Munich, Germany
Hans Bloem, Leiden, The Netherlands
Martin Breitenseher, Horn, Austria
Michele Calleja, Edgware, United Kingdom
Danoob Dalili, London, United Kingdom
Mark Davies, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Matias De Albert de Delas Vigo, Barcelona, Spain
Jacky de Rooy, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
P Diana Afonso, Lisbon, Portugal
Ilze Engele, Riga, Latvia
Mara Epermane, Riga, Latvia
Jürgen Freyschmidt, Bremen, Germany
Thomas Grieser, Augsburg, Germany
Andreas Heuck, Munich, Germany
Hakan Ilaslan, Pepper Pike, United States
Amanda Isaac, London, United Kingdom
Pia Jungmann, Munich, Germany
Anand Kirwadi, Manchester, United Kingdom
Christian Krestan, Vienna, Austria
Radhesh Lalam, Oswestry, United Kingdom
Frédéric Lecouvet, Brussels, Belgium
Ramy Mansour, Oxford, United Kingdom
Pepe Martel-Villagrán, Madrid, Spain
Catherine McCarthy, United Kingdom
Manuel Morales, Sevilla, Spain
Lorenzo Muntaner, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Ana Navas, Leiden, the Netherlands
Iris-M. Nöbauer-Huhmann, Vienna, Austria
Paul O’Donnell, St Albans, United Kingdom
Olympia Papakonstantinou, Athens, Greece
Santiago Resano Pardo, Madrid, Spain
Philip Robinson, Leeds, United Kingdom
Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Granada, Spain
Nuran Sabir, Denizli, Turkey
Luca Sconfienza, Milan, Italy
Hatice Tuba Sanal, Ankara, Turkey
Filip Vanhoenacker, Antwerp, Belgium
Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska, Skopje, North Macedonia
Koenraad Verstraete, Gent, Belgium
Joan C. Vilanova, Barcelona, Spain
Nora Voormolen, Oegstgeest, The Netherlands
Marc-André Weber, Rostock, Germany
Klaus Wörtler, Munich, Germany
Siddharth Narendra Thaker, Leeds, United Kingdom
David Hanff, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Harun Gupta, Leeds, United Kingdom
Paolo Simoni, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Robert Hemke, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
David Macia Suarez, Spain
Salvatore Gitto, Milan, Italy
Mohamed Shanah, United Kingdom
Berna Dirim Mete, Izmir, Türkiye
Neha Nischal, New Delhi, India

Projects

  • ESSR Guidelines Soft Tissue Tumour Imaging – Part 3, lead by Iris-M.Noebauer-Huhmann
  • Bone Tumour Imaging in Adults-European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology Consensus Statement, lead by  Radhesh Lalam and Simran Kaur
  • Multicenter study proposal for Tumor subcommittee ESSR June 14, 2021 Multimodality imaging in response monitoring of neo-adjuvant therapy in MSK sarcoma, lead by Hans Bloem
  • Radiomics-based machine learning classification of bone and soft-tissue tumors (RADIO-BOSTT) Funded by AIRC Italian Foundation for Cancer research, lead by Luca Sconfienza 
  • ESSR Guidelines for imaging guided biopsy of musculoskeletal tumors – Part I General recommendations, lead by Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska
  • ESSR Guidelines for imaging guided biopsy of Bone tumors – Part II, lead by Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska

Publications

  • Vasilevska Nikodinovska, V., Ivanoski, S., Samardziski, Janevska. Percutaneous Imaging-Guided versus Open Musculoskeletal Biopsy: Concepts and Controversies. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020;24:667–675.
  • Vasilevska Nikodinovska, V., Ivanoski, Kostadinova-Kunovska, S., Samardziski, M. Ultrasound-guided biopsy of musculoskeletal soft-tissue tumors: basic principles, usefulness and limitations. J Ultrason 2022; 22: e109–e116.
  • Noebauer-Huhmann, IM., Vanhoenacker, F.M., Vilanova, J.C. et al. Soft tissue tumor imaging in adults: whole-body staging in sarcoma, non-malignant entities requiring special algorithms, pitfalls and special imaging aspects. Guidelines 2024 from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR). Eur Radiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-10897-z
  • Noebauer-Huhmann I-M, Vanhoenacker FM, Vilanova JC, et al. Soft tissue tumor imaging in adults: European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology-Guidelines 2023—overview, and primary local imaging: how and where? Eur Radiol 2023;34:4427–37.
  • Lalam R, Bloem J, Noebauer-Huhmann I, et al. ESSR Consensus Document for Detection, Characterization, and Referral Pathway for Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions of Bone. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2017;21:630–47.
  • Van Den Berghe T, Delbare F, Candries E, et al. A retrospective external validation study of the Birmingham Atypical Cartilage Tumour Imaging Protocol (BACTIP) for the management of solitary central cartilage tumours of the proximal humerus and around the knee. Eur Radiol 2024;34:4988–5006.
  • Kalisvaart GM, Van Den Berghe T, Grootjans W, et al. Evaluation of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in osteosarcoma using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI: development and external validation of a model. Skeletal Radiol 2024;53:319–28.
  • Lejoly M, Van Den Berghe T, Creytens D, et al. Diagnosis and monitoring denosumab therapy of giant cell tumors of bone: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Skeletal Radiol 2024;53:353–64.
  • Expósito D, Martel J, Alvarez de Sierra B, et al. Neoplastic and Non-neoplastic Bone Lesions of the Knee. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2024;28:225–47.
  • Bodden J, Neumann J, Rasper M, et al. Diagnosis of joint invasion in patients with malignant bone tumors: value and reproducibility of direct and indirect signs on MR imaging. Eur Radiol 2022;32:4738–48.
  • Noebauer-Huhmann I-M, Grieser T, Panotopoulos J, et al. Presurgical Perspective and Posttreatment Evaluation of Soft Tissue Tumors of the Ankle and Foot in Adults. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2022;26:730–43.
  • Gitto S, Cuocolo R, van Langevelde K, et al. MRI radiomics-based machine learning classification of atypical cartilaginous tumour and grade II chondrosarcoma of long bones. eBioMedicine 2022;75:103757.
  • Bloem JL, Vriens D, Krol ADG, et al. Therapy-Related Imaging Findings in Patients with Sarcoma. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020;24:676–91.
  • Noebauer-Huhmann I-M, Chaudhary SR, Papakonstantinou O, et al. Soft Tissue Sarcoma Follow-up Imaging: Strategies to Distinguish Post-treatment Changes from Recurrence. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020;24:627–44.
  • Hirschmann A, van Praag VM, Haas RL, et al. Can we use MRI to detect clinically silent recurrent soft-tissue sarcoma? Eur Radiol 2020;30:4724–33.
  • Davies M, Lalam R, Woertler K, et al. Ten Commandments for the Diagnosis of Bone Tumors. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020;24:203–13.
  • Isaac A, Lecouvet F, Dalili D, et al. Detection and Characterization of Musculoskeletal Cancer Using Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020;24:726–50.
  • Afonso PD, Weber M-A, Isaac A, et al. Hip and Pelvis Bone Tumors: Can You Make It Simple? Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2019;23:e37–57.
  • Weber M-A, Papakonstantinou O, Nikodinovska V, et al. Ewing’s Sarcoma and Primary Osseous Lymphoma: Spectrum of Imaging Appearances. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2019;23:036–57.

Books published with participation of tumor subcommittee members

1. Imaging of Primary Tumors of the Osseous Spine
Editors: Mohamed Fethi Ladeb and Filip Vanhoenacker

2. Practical guide for imaging of soft tissue tumors
Editors: Harun Gupta and Siddharth Thaker

Links

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guidelines
American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria® – American College of Radiology

How to join the Subcommittee

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.

ULTRASOUND SUBCOMMITTEE

Mission and Vision

The subcommittee for ultrasound in musculoskeletal radiology has been constituted in 2004 with the following aims: to promote ultrasound practice among musculoskeletal radiologists in Europe; to standardize musculoskeletal ultrasound scanning technique; to issue guidelines on clinical indications of musculoskeletal ultrasound; to promote multicenter studies and to support ESSR in the coordination with the different national and international societies of musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Chairperson

Lionel Pesquer, Merignac, France
2022 – 2025

Vice – Chairperson

Ziga Snoj, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022 – 2025

 

Past Chairpersons

2019-2022: Athena Plagou
2018-2019: Gina Allen
2015-2018: Luca Maria Sconfienza
2012-2015: Philip O’Connor
2009-2012: Robert Campbell

 

Subcommittee Members

Adán Bello Báez, Spain
Afarine Madani, Brussels, Belgium
Alberto Bazzocchi, Bologna, Italy
Amanda Isaac, United Kingdom
Ana Navas, Leiden, The Netherlands
Andrea Alcala-Galiano, Madrid, Spain
Andrea Klauser, Innsbruck, Austria
Andrew Grainger, Leeds, United Kingdom
Andriy Filipskyi, Ukraine
Athena Plagou, Athens, Greece
Aurelio Cosentino, Essertes, Switzerland
Carlo Martinoli, Genoa, Italy
Carmelo Messina, Milan, Italy
Catherine McCarthy, Oxford, United Kingdom
Catherine Phan, Paris, France
Claudia Jurado Basildo, Spain
David Wilson, Oxford, United Kingdom
Davide Orlandi, Genoa, Italy
Domenico Albano, Naples, Italy
Elena Drakonaki, Heraklion, Greece
Elena Gallardo, Liencres, Spain
Evangelia Vassalou, Heraklion, Greece
Francesca Serpi, Pero, Italy
Francesco Di Pietto, Naples, Italy
Franck Lapegue, Toulouse, France
Gaurav Kant Sharma, Jaipur, India
George Kakkos, Lerapetra, Greece
Gil Mª Angeles Fernandez, Spain
Gina Allen, Oxford, United Kingdom
Guillaume Lefebvre, Lille, France
Gunnar Astrom, Uppsala, Sweden
Harun Gupta, Leeds, United Kingdom
Henri Guerini, Paris, France
Ioannis Katsimilis,United Kingdom
James Teh, Oxford, United Kingdom
Janani Pillai, London, United Kingdom
Javier Gomez, Orense, Spain
Jean-Baptiste Pialat, Pierre-Bénite, France
Kalliopi Melaki, Berlin, Germany
Leanne Singh, Harrow, United Kingdom
Lionel Pesquer, Bordeaux, France
Luca Maria Sconfienza, Milan, Italy
Magdalena Posadzy, Poznan, Poland
Mahesh Prakesh, Chandigarh, India
Marcello Zappia, Naples, Italy
Maria Pilar Aparisi-Gomez, Valencia, Spain & Auckland, New Zealand
Marie Faruch, Toulouse, France
Matias De Albert, Barcelona, Spain
Michelle Ooi, Salford, United Kingdom
Miraude Adriaensen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Miriam De Dea, Italy
Mistry Alpesh, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Monique Reijnierse, Leiden, The Netherlands
Philip Robinson, Leeds, United Kingdom
Radhesh Lalam, Oswestry, United Kingdom
Raquel Prada Gonzále, Vigo, Spain
Remy Mansour, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ricardo Moutinho, Albufeira, Portugal
Robert Campbell, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Salvatore Gitto, Milan, Italy
Saulius Rutkauskas, Kaunas, Lithuania
Silvia Martin, Madrid, Spain
Sinan Al-Qassab, Chester, United Kingdom
Timothy Woo, Long Itchington, United Kingdom
Vasileios Skiadas, United Kingdom
Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovsk, Skopje, North Macedonia
Vito Chianca, Milan, Italy
Winston Rennie, Oswestry, United Kingdom
Yaron J Berkowitz, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ziga Snoj, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Technical Guidelines

We prepared technical guidelines for ultrasound examination of individual joints – including the shoulder, the elbow, the wrist, the hip, the knee and the ankle – with the aim to obtain a global standard for musculoskeletal ultrasound training among European musculoskeletal radiologists. Scroll down to the download area below. Musculoskeletal radiologists who perform ultrasound are expected to follow these guidelines with the recognition that variations from them will be required in some cases, depending on patient’s needs and available equipment. We believe these standards will improve education and practice among radiologists and appropriate use of ultrasound as a diagnostic modality of the musculoskeletal system. Such guidelines are not intended, however, to establish a legal standard of care.

The European Society of MusculoSkeletal Radiology is an educational, scientific Society concerned with advancement of the art and science of musculoskeletal radiology. To promote this mission, the ESSR has issued technical standards for ultrasound examination of joints, including the shoulder, the elbow, the wrist, the hip, the knee and the ankle.
These US guidelines were first published in 2010.

Ankle
Elbow
Hip
Knee
Shoulder
Wrist

Clinical Indications

The next goal of this subcommittee is to issue ultrasound clinical guidelines in musculoskeletal radiology that would be representative of the viewpoint of the ESSR and, more generally speaking, of the whole community of musculoskeletal radiologists in Europe. We are now working on that. To obtain educational standards and reference values, these guidelines will be prepared comparing the results of ultrasound and MR imaging based on data from the imaging literature. In the absence of available data, statements would be obtained by consensus.

Research

The subcommittee supports a multi centric study together with the Research Committee. The goal of the study is to compare MRI and US in follow-up of STT as described in “Follow-up of recurrences of limb soft tissue sarcomas in patients with localized disease: performance of ultrasound“
Tagliafico A, Truini M, Spina B, Cambiaso P, Zaottini F, Bignotti B, Calabrese M, Derchi LE, Martinoli C.
Eur Radiol. 2015 Mar 21

How to join the Subcommittee

According to the “Regulations of ESSR Committees & Subcommittees” any full ESSR member is welcome to join the Subcommittee. The Chairperson should be contacted via the ESSR office (office@essr.org) with a CV. New members are going to be introduced to the subcommittee members during the meetings at ECR and ESSR congress. Therefore an abbreviated professional CV, optional with a photo, should be send with the informal application.