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Diagnostic imaging in rheumatology has become an important feature of the management of a variety of rheumatic diseases. This Timeline Perspectives charts the progress in the field of imaging in rheumatology over the past few decades, with particular emphasis on developments in radiography, MRI and ultrasonography.