Abstracts tagged "Diagnostic imaging"

Abstract Number: 3169 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnostic Value of Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Gout in a Prospective Cross-Sectional Study
Alexis Ogdie-Beatty¹, William J. Taylor², Tuhina Neogi³, Jaap Fransen⁴, Tim Jansen⁵, H. Ralph Schumacher Jr.⁶ and Nicola Dalbeth⁷, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, ³Clinical Epidemiology, BUSM, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵P O Box 581, Haarlem, Netherlands, ⁶Medicine, Rheumatology, U Penn & VA Med Ctr, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) is a non-invasive option for diagnosing gout. However, little is known about the test characteristics of US for the diagnosis of…
Abstract Number: 3176 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
New Prospects for Interpreting Bony Depressions in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Novel MRI Computer-Assisted Technique for Detection of Erosive Progression
Pieter van Dijkhuizen^1,2, Carlotta Covizzi¹, Andrea Schiappacasse³, Michela Moraldo⁴, Matteo Santoro⁵, Francesca Magnaguagno⁶, Gianmichele Magnano⁷, Alberto Martini^1,4 and Clara Malattia^1,4, ¹Istituto G Gaslini, Pediatria II, Reumatologia, Genova, Italy, ²UMC Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Pediatric rheumatology, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³DIBRIS Università degli studi di Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁴DINOGMI Università degli studi di Genova, Genova, Italy, ⁵Camelot Biomedical Systems, Genova, Italy, ⁶Istituto G Gaslini, UO Radiologia Pediatrica, Genoa, Italy, ⁷Istituto G Gaslini, UO Radiologia Pediatrica, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Structural damage is the main disease outcome to be avoided in JIA. The gold standard to assess joint damage in JIA is X-ray, which…
Abstract Number: 174 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Resolution Ultrasound of the Midfoot: Sonography Is Superior to Conventional Radiography in Detection of Osteophytes and Erosions in Inflammatory and Non-Inflammatory Joint Disease
Mathis Camerer¹, Boris P. Ehrenstein², Martin Fleck³, Patrick Hoffstetter⁴ and Wolfgang Hartung⁵, ¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Medical Center, 93077 Bad Abbach, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, 93042 Regensburg, Germany, ⁴Radiology, Asklepios Clinic Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) as well as conventional radiography (CR) are established imaging modalities for the assessment of cortical bone lesions including erosions and osteophytes. Several…
Abstract Number: 925 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSK-US): Innovation or Overutilization?
Gurjit S. Kaeley¹, Dale Kraemer², Carmen Smotherman³ and Sunita Dodani⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²Center for Health Equity and Quality Research, Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ³Center for Health Equity and Quality Research,, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: MSK-US use has risen in the USA with recent disturbing findings suggesting greater utilization of interventional ultrasound by non-noradiologists compared to Radiologists. (1) This…
Abstract Number: 1720 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Quantitative Assessment of Bone Marrow Fat Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Spondyloarthropathy
Bon San Koo¹, Yoonah Song², Kyung-Bin Joo³, Seunghun Lee² and Tae-Hwan Kim⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Chungju, South Korea, ²Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ³Department of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Hanynag University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Fat metaplasia in the bone marrow is an indicator of disease progression in spondyloarthropathy (SpA). This study aimed to evaluate the bone marrow fat…
Abstract Number: 2146 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Optimal Hand Position for Reliable Volumetric Joint Space Width Measurements Using High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography
Cheryl Barnabe¹, Sarah Manske², Britta Jorgenson² and Steven K. Boyd³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Mechanical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Joint space narrowing is an important outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis, linked tightly to function and disability. High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) allows…
Abstract Number: 2148 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dual Energy CT Scanning: Variable Sensitivity for Gout in Non-Tophaceous and Tophaceous Disease and in Individual Erosions
Tracie Kurano¹, Uma Thakur², Gaurav Thawait³, Elliot Fishman⁴, Mara McAdams-DeMarco⁵, Janet W. Maynard⁶, Matthew Fuld⁷, John A. Carrino⁸ and Alan N. Baer⁹, ¹Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Musculoskeletal Radiology Section, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Musculoskeletal Radiology Section, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Research Collaborations - Computed Tomography R&D, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Baltimore, MD, ⁸Radiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Dual energy computed tomography (DECT) is emerging as a diagnostic tool for gout, but its sensitivity has not been established. We assessed the sensitivity…
Abstract Number: 1689 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Microhaemorrages and Giant Capillaries in Nailfold Videocapillariscopies Are Able to Accurately Predict Disease Activity Level in Systemic Sclerosis
Domenico Sambataro¹, Nicoletta Del Papa¹, Gianluca Sambataro², Wanda Maglione², Eleonora Zaccara² and Claudio Vitali³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Istituto G.Pini, Milan, Italy, ²U.O.C. Day Hospital Reumatologia, Osp. G. Pini, Milano, Italy, ³Sezione Reumatologia, Istituto San Giuseppe, Lecco, Italy
Background/Purpose Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by Raynaud’s phenomenon, skin fibrosis and involvement of internal organs such as lung, heart, bowel,…
Abstract Number: 1473 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Manocept-Cy3 Localizes CD206 + Macrophages in Synovial Tissue and Fluid from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Differentially Compared to Controls
Nicholas A. Young¹, Larry Schlesinger², Thomas J. Rosol³, Fred Cope⁴ and Wael N. Jarjour⁵, ¹Immunology and Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ²Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, ³The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, OH, ⁴Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Dublin, OH, ⁵Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Early identification of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would allow aggressive treatment with disease modifying rheumatic drugs and provide a system to monitor patient responses. Therefore,…
Abstract Number: 909 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Diagnostic Protocol for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) Using Ultrasound Assessment
Jennifer Piper¹, Ana Sofia Serafim¹, Cristina Ponte¹, Surjeet Singh², Bhaskar Dasgupta³, Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁴, Eugene McNally⁵, Andreas P. Diamantopoulos⁶, Andrew Hutchings⁷ and Raashid Luqmani⁸, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²University of Oxford, Sciences, Oxford, England, ³Department of Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology, Immanuel Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁷Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁸Oxford NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose Ultrasound (US) has not yet superseded temporal artery biopsy as a diagnostic test. This may reflect poor consistency of the scanning technique, due to…
Abstract Number: 794 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Color Doppler Ultrasonography Findings in Giant Cell Arteritis and Their Relationship with Clinical Manifestations
Cristina Ponte^1,2, Ruth Geraldes³, Anthea Craven¹, Andrew Judge⁴, Peter C. Grayson⁵, Ravi Suppiah⁶, Joanna Robson¹, Richard A. Watts⁷, Peter A. Merkel⁸ and Raashid Luqmani¹, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology and Metabolic Bone Diseases Department, Rheumatology Research Unit - IMM, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal, ³Neurology Department, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁴Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵NIAMS Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁷Rheumatology Department Ipswich Hospital and University of East Anglia, Ipswich, United Kingdom, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose Colour Doppler ultrasonography (CDU) of the temporal (TA), axillary (AA) and common carotid arteries (CA) has excellent sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of…
Abstract Number: 149 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Automated Digital Analysis of Major Salivary Gland Ultrasound Images
Daniel S. Hammenfors¹, Preben G. Nes², Johan G. Brun¹, Roland Jonsson¹ and Malin V. Jonsson³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, ²Sogn and Fjordane University College, Førde, Norway, ³Department of Clinical Dentistry - Section for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Background/Purpose Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune chronic inflammatory disease mainly affecting the salivary and lacrimal glands, with symptoms such as dryness of the…
Abstract Number: 130 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inter-Rater Reliability of the US-7 Score in a Population of Volunteers: Is a Post-Hoc Analysis of Still Images Comparable to the Dynamic Analysis? Results from the German “Rheuma-Truck” Cohort
Dr. Philipp Sewerin¹, Dr. Stefan Vordenbäumen², Sarah Ohrndorf³, Marina Backhaus³, Dr. Oliver Sander², Prof. Dr. Matthias Schneider⁴, Prof. Dr. Benedikt Ostendorf¹ and Aiko Liedmann⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Department for Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ³Rheumatology/Immunology, Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁵Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose To investigate the value of a follow-up analysis of ultrasonographic still images versus dynamic investigation using the US-7 ultrasound score. Methods “Rheuma-Truck” was a…
Abstract Number: 53 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Spine-Hip Diagnostic Discordance in the United Arab Emirates
Nicholas Wilson, Lidia Sanchez Riera, Iman Hobeldin, Salman Waheeduddin, Nehad Ibrahim, Suneetha Gonuguntla, Tahir Khan, Ritu Aneja, Samer Nuhaily and Mustafa Al Maini, Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Background/Purpose Diagnostic discordance for osteoporosis is the presence of different T-scores in two skeletal sites in the same subject leading to different WHO diagnostic categories. Discordance is defined…
Abstract Number: 757 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact Of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging On Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Outcomes: A Long-Term Retrospective Study On 42 Patients
Bertrand Dunogué¹, Pascal Cohen², Benjamin Terrier³, Julien Marmursztejn⁴, Denis Duboc⁴, Olivier Vignaux⁵ and Loic Guillevin³, ¹Internal Medicine, National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, Paris, France, ²National Referral Center for Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Hôpital Cochin, AP–HP, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, Paris, France, ³Internal Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Cardiology, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France, ⁵Radiology, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) cardiomyopathy carries a poor prognosis, and is the main cause of 1st-year and long-term mortality. Morbidity due to chronic…

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