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You can rely on radiography when managing OA, but not too much!

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When considering the role of imaging in the management of symptomatic, peripheral joint osteoarthritis (OA) in clinical practice, clinicians should be aware that radiography has its drawbacks, and also consider that the use of advanced imaging techniques such as MRI should not be discouraged.

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Figure 1: Imaging of a painful knee using radiography and MRI.

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The author declares that he is the president of Boston Imaging Core Lab, LLC, and has acted as a consultant to Astra Zeneca, GE, Merck Serono, OrthoTrophix, Pfizer, Sanofi and TissueGene.

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