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Research progress of artificial intelligence in imaging evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis
LI Shenghu  WANG Lili 

Cite this article as: LI S H, WANG L L. Research progress of artificial intelligence in imaging evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(8): 229-234. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.08.037.


[Abstract] Rheumatoid arthritis is a common autoimmune disease, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Imaging evaluation plays an important role in the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis. In recent years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence, especially deep learning technology, has brought new breakthroughs to the image evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis. This paper first expounds the related concepts of artificial intelligence, then mainly based on the application of artificial intelligence in X-ray, CT, MRI and other imaging modalities, summarizes the bone lesions, synovial lesions and cartilage lesions, etc. Finally, puts forward the disadvantages of artificial intelligence at present, and prospects the application prospect of artificial intelligence in RA.
[Keywords] rheumatoid arthritis；medical imaging；artificial intelligence；machine learning；deep learning；magnetic resonance imaging

LI Shenghu1   WANG Lili2*  

1 Department of Radiology, Wuxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Wuxi 214000, China

2 Department of Radiology, Gansu Provincial People's Hospital, Lanzhou 730000, China

Corresponding author: WANG L L, E-mail: wanglilihq@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2024-04-20
Accepted  2024-08-09
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.08.037
Cite this article as: LI S H, WANG L L. Research progress of artificial intelligence in imaging evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2024, 15(8): 229-234. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2024.08.037.

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