Jyoti Panwar, Mirkamal Tolend, Eva Kirkhus, Arthur B Meyers, Bernadette Redd, Iwona Sudol-Szopinska, Nisha Varma, Emilio J Inarejos Clemente, Robert A Colbert, Jonathan Akikusa, Simone Appenzeller, John A Carrino, Nele Herregods, Kerri Highmore, Lennart Jans, Jacob L Jaremko, Thekla von Kalle, Marion A van Rossum, Dax G Rumsey, Hemalatha Srinivasalu, Jennifer Stimec, Shirley M Tse, Marinka Twilt, Nikolay Tzaribachev, Andrea S Doria
Inter-reader reliability of a new scoring system for evaluating joint inflammation and enthesitis in whole body MRI (WBMRI) in juvenile idiopathic arthritis was tested. The scoring system grades 732 item-region combinations of bone marrow and soft tissue changes for commonly involved joints and entheseal sites. Five radiologists rated 17 WBMRI scans through an online rating platform. Item-wise reliability was calculated for 117 items with non-zero scores in >10 % of readings. Interquartile ranges of the five-reader Kappa reliability coefficients were 0...
March 16, 2024: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism