Abstracts tagged "imaging techniques"

Abstract Number: 2350 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Similarities Exceeds Differences in the Pattern of Joint and Vascular Positron Emission/Computed Tomography Uptake in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
Dario Camellino¹, Silvia Morbelli², Francesco Paparo³, Michela Massollo², Gianmario Sambuceti⁴ and Marco A. Cimmino⁵, ¹Dipartimento Medicina Interna, Clinica Reumatologica, Genova, Italy, ²Dipartimento Medicina Interna, Medicina Nucleare, Genova, Italy, ³Radiology Unit, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy, ⁴Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Medicina Nucleare, Genova, Italy, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are two frequent overlapping diseases. The purpose of this work is to examine the relationship between…
Abstract Number: 1486 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poor Outcome in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Myocardial Involvement: A Combined Approach Based On Clinical and Laboratory Findings, EKG-Holter and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
Silvia Laura Bosello, Giacomo De Luca, Antonella Laria, Giorgia Berardi and Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Division of Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology and Affine Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Cardiac involvement is a relevant prognostic determinant in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), but the diagnosis is often delayed due to the lack of a specific…
Abstract Number: 1119 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prediction of MRI-Detected Cartilage Loss Over 30 Months Using Simplified Radiographic and Clinical Stratification: The MOST Study
Frank Roemer¹, David T. Felson², Jingbo Niu³, Yuqing Zhang², Michael C. Nevitt⁴, Michel Crema⁵, Cora E. Lewis⁶, James Torner⁷ and Ali Guermazi⁵, ¹Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), San Francisco, CA, ⁵Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁶Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: MRI-detected cartilage loss is the main structural outcome measure in large studies of knee OA. Definition of subjects at high risk for cartilage loss…
Abstract Number: 1042 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psoriatic Arthritis Patients Assessed by Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in High Disease Versus Minimal Disease Activity State – a Cross-Sectional Study Correlating Conventional MRI and Clinical Composite Measures
René Panduro Poggenborg¹, Pernille Bøyesen², Charlotte Wiell³, Susanne Juhl Pedersen⁴, Inge Juul Sørensen⁵, Ole Rintek Madsen⁶, Ole Slot¹, Jakob M. Møller⁷, Mikael Boesen⁸, Henning Bliddal⁹, Olga Kubassova¹⁰ and Mikkel Østergaard¹¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital in Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Olso, Norway, ³Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital in Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶DANBIO, On behalf of Depts of Rheumatology, North, South, Central, Zealand and Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ¹⁰Image Analysis Ltd., Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹¹Dept of Rheumatology RM, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been validated in rheumatoid arthritis for measuring inflammation, but has rarely been studied in psoriatic arthritis…
Abstract Number: 1050 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Validity of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures of Joint Inflammation and Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis Wrist/Hand – a Systematic Literature Review
TG Woodworth¹, O. Morgacheva², OM Troum³, OL Pimienta⁴, P. Maranian⁵, V.K. Ranganath⁵ and Daniel Furst⁵, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, Santa Monica, CA, ⁴Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Limitation of x-ray joint damage is a key indicator of therapeutic efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used…
Abstract Number: 1019 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Visualization of Cartilage in High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is a New Imaging Biomarker for the Quantification of Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Barbara Herz¹, Stephanie Finzel¹, Andreas Albrecht¹, Juergen Rech², Matthias Englbrecht¹, Goetz Welsch³ and Georg Schett¹, ¹Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Traumatic Surgery, Department of Traumatic Surgery, University Clinic of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Recent achievements in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) have been the gradient-echo-based T1-delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) focussing on the detection of proteoglycan content…
Abstract Number: 1021 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Follow-up of Clinical Remission in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Mira van Veenendaal¹, Robert Hemke², Marjolein I. Bos³, Mario Maas⁴, Marion A. J. Van Rossum³ and Taco W. Kuijpers⁵, ¹Departments of Pediatric Rheumatology, Emma Children's Hospital / Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Departments of Radiology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Emma Children's Hospital / Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Despite clinical remission, a substantial proportion of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients will flare after a period of inactive disease. MRI has proven to…

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