PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vinall, Phil ED - Conaghan, Philip TI - Imaging and Painful Joints: Which Technology is Most Appropriate? DP - 2007 Sep 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 17--17 VI - 7 IP - 4 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/4/17.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/4/17.full AB - Although conventional radiology is often used as the first-line imaging modality in the evaluation of the painful joint, other technologies such as ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging may provide more useful information for the clinician in certain settings. It is of course important to note that the relationship between pain and imaging-detected structural pathology is not always well understood.