This is the on-line version of the EULAR database on Imaging in Rheumatology. The database is an educational tool that collects high-quality images obtained by different techniques (i.e., conventional radiology, ultrasonography, scintigraphy, computed tomography, magnetic resonance, capillary microscopy, telethermography, macro-photography, optic and electron microscopy, arthroscopy).
Readers with an Internet connection and a Web browser may have free access to the official Web site of the EULAR Standing Committee on Musculoskeletal Imaging at the following address:

http://www.irheum.eu

The site is also accessible through links on the following official Web sites: 

EULAR: http://www.eular.org

ILAR: http://www.ilar.org

The Italian Society for Rheumatology:
http://www.reumatologia.it 

The database has over 900 high-quality pictures. All material can be printed or used to create slides for teaching and conferences. 
Special features of the on-line edition include continuous updating with new images and advanced options for keyword search that allows a careful selection of the pictures.
The database can be accessed with great speed, precision, and flexibility.

Content
		Historical Images. Collection of drawings, photographs, and pictures related to the history of the musculoskeletal diseases.
		Images in Clinical Rheumatology. Clinical images (black and white and/or color illustrations) with legends of about 200 words each.
		Pictorial Essays. Brief articles that convey their message through illustrations and legends. Their main goal is to be a powerful teaching tool by linking different images concerning general or specific aspects of a disease.

At the EULAR Standing Committee on Musculoskeletal Imaging we welcome any contribution on diagnostic imaging in Rheumatology. 

Ancona, July 15th 2007

Prof. Walter Grassi