Questions?
If you have any questions regarding the image competition, please contact us by email or phone:
Helpful Tips!
- The Audiovisual Aids Subcommittee has assembled a submission "Wish List"
for the image competition.
- Images should be of publication quality.
- Avoid background clutter.
- Crop out unnecessary areas of the image.
- Check your lighting and avoid shadows.
- Images of radiographic film are best obtained with large bed scanners capable of duplicating negatives or from professional photographic apparatus, such as a copy stand with a light-box.
- Alterations of digital images with Photoshop or equivalent software should follow accepted ethical guidelines.
- For assistance in describing your image, view the ACR's guide on
How to Write a Caption.
The ACR/ARHP image competition showcases the finest images in rheumatology and offers an opportunity for you to contribute to one of the pre-eminent medical image collections in the world! We are looking for fascinating and unique medical images that capture the best of rheumatology.
The image competition is open to all—membership in the College is not required. Winning images and honorable mentions are announced at the annual meeting.
All images submitted to the competition are peer-reviewed for inclusion to the image bank, even if they are not selected as competition winners. A submitter of a high-quality image chosen for inclusion to the image bank is acknowledged as the image contributor in the image bank details. These entries can be listed as a peer-reviewed web image submission on academic CV's and professional resumes.
*Registration does not include pre-meeting courses or conferences, Meet the Professor/Expert sessions, or workshops. One guest registration to the 2013 annual meeting is also included (opening reception and exhibit hall access only).
The Rheumatology Image Bank is maintained at the highest level of quality. Therefore, previously published images and/or case studies should not be submitted. Submissions are reviewed and selected by the ACR's Audiovisual Aids Subcommittee. Judging is based on the quality, content and resolution of the images. All submissions are anonymized prior to judging.
Submissions must not contain images that are copyrighted by anyone other than the submitter. All submissions become the copyrighted property of the College and are considered eligible for inclusion in the online Rheumatology Image Bank and/or for use in other ACR/ARHP products, programs or services. By submitting an image to the competition, you retain rights for reproduction, provided written permission from the College is received in advance.
Any image that reveals the identity of a patient must be submitted with a signed Patient Release Form. from that patient. The patient release form is HIPAA compliant. Your state may have more stringent rules than HIPAA regarding patient/physician confidentiality; thus, a signed patient release form may be required even if the image is unidentifiable. Make sure you are aware of your state's laws.
A Competition Submission Application, Copyright Assignment Form and, if needed, a Patient Release Form must be completed for each image submitted. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.
Images submitted that do not meet all the competition rules may be disqualified from the competition.
2012 Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the 2012 image competition!
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WINNER: GRAND PRIZE
Arterial Aneurism in Takayasu Arteritis
Submitted by:
Jatin Patel, MD
Philadelphia, PA
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WINNER: Still Image Category
Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
Submitted by:
Sonialy Lugo Ruiz, MD
St. Louis, MO
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WINNER: Case Study Category
Acute Calcific Periarthritis
Submitted by
Naina Rastalsky, MD
Boston, MA
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WINNER: Health Professional Category
Assist Devices in Scleroderma
Submitted by:
Veronica De Cillis, OT
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2011 Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the 2011 Image Competition!
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BEST OVERALL WINNER
Pediatric Scleroderma
Submitted by:
Ashima Makol, MD
Rochester, MN
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WINNER: Still Image Category
PET-CT Imaging of the Finger Joints in Psoriatic Arthritis
Submitted by:
Abhijit Chaudhari, MS, PhD
Sacramento, CA
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WINNER: Case Study Category
Sonographic Findings in Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease
Submitted by:
Surabhi Waghmare, MRCP
Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK
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2010 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
BEST OVERALL WINNER
Thermal Images of Hands Re-Warming After a Cold Challenge: Comparison of Healthy Control and Patients with Primary Raynaud's Phenomenon and Systemic Sclerosis
Submitted by: Andrea Murray, PhD • Manchester, United Kingdom |
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FIRST PLACE: Still Image Category
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Mesentery Vasculitis
Submitted by: Chun Yu Tan, MD • Cheng Du, China |
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FIRST PLACE: Case Study Category
Gout: Dual Imaging Computed to Mography
Submitted by: Eric Matteson, MD • Rochester, NY |
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2009 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
Best Overall Winner:
Reactive Arthritis: Keratoderma Blennorrhagicum
Submitted by: Dina Arrieta Vega, MD
Heredia, Costa Rica
First Place Winner (Still Image Category):
Discoid Lupus: Atrophic Patches
Submitted by: Martin Kriegel, MD
Boston, MA
First Place Winner (Case Study Category):
Lofgren Syndrome
Submitted by: Joseph Lutt, MD
Portland, OR
2008 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
Best Overall Winner:
Atypical Mycobacterial Scleritis in a Spondylitis Patient Treated with a TNF-Antagonist
Submitted by: Daniel Schaffer, MPS & Kevin Moder, MD
Rochester, MN
First Place Winner (Still Image Category):
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (watermelon stomach) in Systemic Sclerosis
Submitted by: Tamar Brionez, MD
Houston, TX
First Place Winner (Case Study Category):
Primary Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy
Submitted by: Jaejoon Lee, MD
Seoul, Republic of Korea
2007 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
Best Overall Winner:
Intestinal Henoch Schönlein Purpura
Submitted by: Karyl Barron, MD
Bethesda, MD
First Place Winner (Still Image Category):
Sarcoidosis: Evolution of Heart Block
Submitted by: Irina Rakylar, MD
Washington, DC
*Second Place Winner (Still Image Category):
Charcot Arthropathy
Submitted by: Rupert Abdalian, MD Toronto
ON, Canada
*Second Place Winner (Still Image Category):
Urate Nephropathy
Submitted by: Simon Chatfield, MD
Parkville, Victoria Australia
Third Place Winner (Still Image Category):
Osteolysis with Detritic Synovitis
Submitted by: Lester Miller, MD
Santa Cruz, CA
*Tie
2006 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
First Place Winner:
Ollier's Disease
Submitted by: Jafar Forghanizadeh, MD
Tehran, Iran
Second Place Winner:
Blue Hyperpigmentation
Submitted by: Paul F. Dellaripa, MD
Boston, MA
Third Place Winner:
Synovial Chondromatosis
Submitted by: Kyriakos A. Kirou, MD and Robert L. Buly, MD
New York, NY
2005 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
First Place Winner:
Lyme Myositis
Submitted by: Aaron R. Holmgren, MD
Rochester, MN
Second Place Winner:
"Strawberry Gums" as presenting in Wegener's Granulomatosis
Submitted by: John H. Stone, MD
Baltimore, MD
Third Place Winner:
Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Submitted by: Darush Rahmani, DO
Tucson, AZ
2004 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
First Place Winner:
Giant Cell Tumor
Submitted by: Jennifer Elliot, MD
Pittsburgh, PA
Second Place Winner:
Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis
Submitted by: Peter D. Kent, MD
Rochester, MN
Third Place Winner:
Ehlers-Danlos, Type IV
Submitted by: Angelica Pena, MD and Luis. J. Jara, MD
Mexico
2003 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
First Place Winner:
Mycobacterium Marinum Arthritis
Submitted by: John H. Yost, DO
Manchester, NH
Second Place Winner:
Lepromatous Leprosy
Submitted by: Samy K. Metyas, MD
Covina, CA
Third Place Winner:
Relapsing Polychondritis
Submitted by: Saifeddin Alsalameh, MD
Marburg, Germany
2002 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
First Place Winner:
Watermelon Stomach
Submitted by: April Chang-Miller, MD and Mark V. Larson, MD
Rochester, MN
Second Place Winner:
Cold Agglutinin Disease
Submitted by: Patrick J. Riccardi, MD
Syracuse, NY
Third Place Winner:
Tophaceous Gout
Submitted by: Joseph H. Korn, MD
Boston, MA
2001 Annual Image Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals for their outstanding submissions to the Annual Image Competition
First Place Winner:
Sweet's Syndrome
Submitted by: Alvin F. Wells, MD, PhD
Durham, NC
Second Place Winner:
Systemic-Onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Submitted by: Ellen M. Ginzler, MD, MPH
Brooklyn, NY
Third Place Winner:
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Submitted by: Tawatchai Paisansinsup, MD
Rochester, MN
