Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 0176 • ACR Convergence 2021
Semi-quantitative Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Analysis in Pediatric Rheumatologic (PR) Patients with Diffuse Lung Disease
Michal Cidon¹, Terry Robinson², Beverley Newman³, Paul Iskander², Paul Thacker⁴, Evan Zucker³, Brian Bartholmai⁴, Dnyanesh Tipre², Tzielan Lee⁵, Rajdeep Pooni⁶ and Rex Moats², ¹Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Stanford Children's Health, Stanford, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Stanford Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Spiral chest CT (SCT) is commonly used to evaluate subclinical lung disease in pediatric rheumatology. However, there are no validated scoring tools to objectively…
Abstract Number: 0901 • ACR Convergence 2021
Low Dose Dual Energy CT Scan for the Detection of Bone Marrow Edema and Erosions in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Jonathan Chan¹, Savvas Nicolaou¹, Yet Yen Yan², Mahomed Osman³, Hugue Ouellette¹ and Sabeena Jalal⁴, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Changi General Hospital, Singapore, ³Queensland X-ray, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow edema (BME) and erosions of the sacroiliac (SI) joints are key imaging features in the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). MRI with…
Abstract Number: 1864 • ACR Convergence 2021
18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/MRI as an Alternative Hybrid Imaging Modality: Comparative Study in a Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort of Patients with Large-Vessel Vasculitis
Ertugrul Cagri bolek¹, Kaitlin Quinn², Hugh Alessi³, Elaine Novakovich⁴, Mark A. Ahlman⁴ and Peter Grayson⁵, ¹Vasculitis Translational Research Program, NIAMS, NIH, US, Lanham, MD, ²National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington, DC, ³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Imaging modalities play an important role in the diagnosis and management of patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). Use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography…
Abstract Number: 0150 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical Characteristics and Quantitative CT Findings in Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Sirus Jesudasen¹, Badar Patel², Kristin D'Silva¹, Pietro Nardelli², Ruben San José Estépar², George Washko², Raúl San José Estépar², Farbod Rahaghi² and Sydney Montesi¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) is a known complication of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) but at present requires right heart catheterization (RHC)…
Abstract Number: 0179 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Predicts Adverse Events in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease
Attila Feher¹, Nabil Boutagy¹, Evangelos Oikonomou¹, Yi-Hwa Liu¹, Edward Miller¹, Albert Sinusas¹ and Monique Hinchcliff², ¹Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMVD) has been described in patients with autoimmune rheumatic disease (ARD). By noninvasive evaluation of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial…
Abstract Number: 0906 • ACR Convergence 2021
Measurement of Vertebral Hounsfield Units in Low Dose Computed Tomography – a Reliable Methodology for Assessing Bone Mineral Density at the Vertebral Level in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Mary Lucy Marques¹, Nuno Pereira da Silva², Désirée van der Heijde³, Floris van Gaalen¹ and Sofia Ramiro¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Bone loss paradoxically coexists with bone formation in radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA). Assessing bone mineral density (BMD) in r-axSpA poses challenges, namely because of…
Abstract Number: 1886 • ACR Convergence 2021
Validation of Angiographic Patterns of Disease in a Turkish Cohort of Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis
K. Bates Gribbons¹, SEMA KAYMAZ-TAHRA², Fatma Alibaz³, Ertugrul Cagri bolek⁴, Omer Karadag⁵, Burak Ince⁶, Murat Inanc⁷, Sinem Kocaer⁸, Fatos Onen⁹, KENAN AKSU¹⁰, Gokhan Keser¹¹, Askin Ates¹², Ayten Yazici¹³, Ayse Cefle¹³, Nilufer Alpay Kanitez¹⁴, Ahmet Omma¹⁵, Onay Gercik¹⁶, Servet Akar¹⁷, Veli Cobankara¹⁸, Nazife Sule Yasar Bilge¹⁹, Timucin Kasifoglu²⁰, Mete Kara¹¹, Kaitlin Quinn²¹, Peter Grayson²², Peter Merkel²³ and Haner Direskeneli²⁴, ¹McGovern Medical School, Colleyville, TX, ²Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Marmara University, School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Vasculitis Translational Research Program, NIAMS, NIH, US, Lanham, MD, ⁵Hacettepe University, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁶Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Division of Rheumatology, İstanbul, Turkey, ⁷Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁸Dokuz Eylul University, Izmer, Turkey, ⁹Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, ¹⁰EGE UNIV. FACULTY of MEDICINE, IZMIR, Turkey, ¹¹Ege University, İzmir, Turkey, ¹²Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, ¹³Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, ¹⁴Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁵Ankara City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁶Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey, ¹⁷Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir, Turkey, ¹⁸Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, ¹⁹Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medical Faculty, Eskisehir, Turkey, ²⁰Osmangazi University Department of Rheumatology, Eskişehir, Turkey, ²¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Washington, DC, ²²National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²⁴Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Previous studies using computer-driven methods have identified subsets of patients with Takayasu’s arteritis based on angiographic patterns of disease. These subsets were consistent between…
Abstract Number: 0151 • ACR Convergence 2021
Usefulness of Ultrasound and (FDG) PET/CT to Detect Cranial and Extracranial Artery Involvement in Patients with Suspected Large Vessel Vasculitis
Juan Molina¹, Isabel Castrejón², Javier Rivera², Julia Martínez Barrio², Juan Carlos Nieto², Katerine López², Fernando Montero², Laura Trives Folguera², Carlos González³ and Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia², ¹Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maran, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ³CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is recommended as the first imaging modality to assess patients presenting with predominantly cranial symptoms of giant cell arteritis (GCA). However, its…
Abstract Number: 0180 • ACR Convergence 2021
Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Computed Tomography in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Attila Feher¹, Nabil Boutagy¹, Evangelos Oikonomou¹, Stephanie Thorn¹, Yi-Hwa Liu¹, Edward Miller¹, Albert Sinusas¹ and Monique Hinchcliff², ¹Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, Westport, CT
Background/Purpose: To investigate the association between Raynaud phenomenon (RP) and coronary microvascular dysfunction, we measured myocardial flow reserve (MFR) using positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)…
Abstract Number: 0975 • ACR Convergence 2021
Data-driven MRI Definitions for Active and Structural Sacroiliac Joint Lesions in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis Typical of Axial Disease
Pamela Weiss¹, Timothy Brandon¹, Amita Aggarwal², Ruben Burgos-Vargas³, Robert Colbert⁴, Gerd Horneff⁵, Rik Joos⁶, Ronald Laxer⁷, Kirsten Minden⁸, Angelo Ravelli⁹, Nicolino Ruperto¹⁰, Judith Smith¹¹, Matthew Stoll¹², Shirley Tse⁷, Filip Van den Bosch¹³, Robert Lambert¹⁴, David Biko¹⁵, Nancy Chauvin¹⁶, Michael Francavilla¹⁵, Jacob Jaremko¹⁴, Nele Herregods¹⁷, Ozgur Kasapcopur¹⁸, Mehmet YILDIZ¹⁹, Alison Hendry²⁰ and Walter Maksymowych²¹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, ³Department of Rheumatology, General Hospital of Mexico, Ciudad de Mxico, Mexico, ⁴NIH/NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO), Sankt Augustin, Germany, ⁶Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁹Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁰IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini; PRINTO, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genova, Italy, ¹¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ¹²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹³Dept. of Rheumatology - Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁶Penn State Health, Hershey, PA, ¹⁷Universitair Ziekenhuis Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁸Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School, İstanbul, Turkey, ¹⁹Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Rheumatology, İstanbul, Turkey, ²⁰NZ Familial GI Cancer Service, Auckland, New Zealand, ²¹Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Determining optimal cut-offs for active and structural imaging lesions of juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA) with axial disease is important for diagnosis, therapeutic management, and classification.…
Abstract Number: 1919 • ACR Convergence 2021
Detection of Radiographic Sacroiliitis with an Artificial Neural Network in Patients with Suspicion of Axial Spondyloarthritis
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Fabian Proft², Kay-Geert Hermann², Laura Spiller², Stefan Niehues², Lisa Adams², Mikhail Protopopov², Valeria Rios Rodriguez², Burkhard Muche², Judith Rademacher², Murat Torgutalp², Keno Bressem² and Janis Vahldiek², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography of the sacroiliac joints is still recommended as the first imaging method for the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axial SpA). In many…
Abstract Number: 0152 • ACR Convergence 2021
Deep Learning-Derived Chest Radiograph Scores in COVID-19 in Rheumatic Disease Patients versus General Population Comparators
Naomi Patel¹, Kristin D'Silva¹, Matthew Li¹, Tiffany Hsu², Michael Di Iorio³, Xiaoqing Fu¹, Claire Cook⁴, Lauren Prisco⁵, Lily Martin⁶, Kathleen Vanni⁶, Alessandra Zaccardelli⁶, Yuqing Zhang⁷, Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer¹, Jeffrey Sparks⁶ and Zachary Wallace⁸, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Pound Ridge, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Quincy, MA, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 may have higher risk of mechanical ventilation than those without rheumatic diseases. We compared COVID-19 lung disease between…
Abstract Number: 0181 • ACR Convergence 2021
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Are There Differences Based on Autoantibody Status?
Caitrin Coffey¹, Gavin McKenzie¹, Nicholas Rhodes¹, Cassondra Hulshizer¹, Cynthia Crowson², John Davis¹ and Kerry Wright¹, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic, Eyota, MN
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used as an adjunct to the physical examination in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Characteristic differences in MRI findings…
Abstract Number: 1170 • ACR Convergence 2021
Establishment and Validation of a Didactic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course for Dermatologists Using an Innovative Handheld Ultrasound System
Jakub Grobelski¹, Florian Recker², Pantelis Karakostas¹, Dagmar Wilsmann-Theis³, Wolfgang Hartung⁴, Peter Brossart⁵ and Valentin Schäfer¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Haematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Centre for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Department for Dermatology and Allery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Clinic, Bad Abbach, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: In the early detection of arthritis, such as psoriatic arthritis, ultrasound (US) of painful joints plays an important role in diagnosis. Pathological findings can…
Abstract Number: 0153 • ACR Convergence 2021
Echogenic and Hypervascular Synovium Detected on Ultrasound Are Predictive of a Favorable Response After Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Robert Dima¹, Trevor Birmingham², Ryan Pinto³, Holly Philpott¹, McKenzie Carter¹ and Tom Appleton², ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Western University, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular corticosteroids (IACS) are commonly used for symptom management in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients, despite the fact that many patients do not respond to…

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