Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1251 • ACR Convergence 2022
Venous Halo Sign Detected with Superb Microvascular Imaging in Behçet Syndrome
Yasemin Kayadibi¹, Yesim Ozguler², Melike Melikoglu³, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu³, Ahmet Ustundag¹, Ugur Kimyon⁴, Ayse Kalyoncu Ucar¹, Ibrahim Adaletli¹ and gulen Hatemi³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) is a novel technique that provides a more sensitive assessment of small vessels compared to color Doppler US (CDUS), by…
Abstract Number: 1503 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is Inflammation-driven Bone Loss Associated with Two-year Bone Formation at the Same Vertebra in Axial Spondyloarthritis? – a Multilevel MRI and Low Dose CT Analysis from the Sensitive Imaging of Axial Spondyloarthritis (SIAS) Cohort
Mary Lucy Marques¹, Nuno Pereira da Silva², Désirée van der Heijde³, Rosalinde Stal⁴, Xenofon Baraliakos⁵, Juergen Braun⁶, Monique Reijnierse⁴, Caroline Bastiaenen⁷, Sofia Ramiro⁴ and floris van Gaalen⁴, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Coimbra, Portugal, ²Radiology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA), inflammation-driven trabecular bone loss is hypothesised to trigger bone repair at an anatomically distinct site of the same vertebra…
Abstract Number: 1913 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Association of Radiographic Chondrocalcinosis with Localized Structural Outcomes in Knee OA: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Jean Liew¹, Ali Guermazi², Mohamed Jarraya³, Na Wang¹, David Felson², Cora E. Lewis⁴, Michael Nevitt⁵, James Torner⁶, John A. Lynch⁷ and Tuhina Neogi¹, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of California at San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁶University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁷UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular (IA) mineralization due to calcium crystal deposition may contribute to OA pathology through inflammation, release of pro-catabolic factors, or altered cartilage biomechanical properties.…
Abstract Number: 0580 • ACR Convergence 2022
18F-FDG PET-MR Characterization of Aortitis in the IL1rn-/- Mouse Model of Giant-Cell Arteritis
Samuel Deshayes¹, Caroline Baugé², Pierre-Antoine Dupont², Christophe Simard², Hubert De Boysson¹, Alain Manrique² and Achille Aouba¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, UR4650 PSIR, Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, CHU de Caen Normandie, Caen, France, ²UR4650 PSIR, Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, Caen, France
Background/Purpose: Metabolic imaging is routinely used to demonstrate aortitis in patients with giant-cell arteritis. We aimed to investigate aortitis in BALB/c IL1rn-/- mice, a preclinical…
Abstract Number: 1253 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gray Intensity Ratio Indices as a Method of Discrimination Between Changes Induced by Sport and by Spondyloarthritis in Load-bearing Entheses
Marina Tortosa Cabanas, CARLOS ANTONIO GUILLEN ASTETE and Africa Andreu Suarez, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Computer analysis of radiological images has been recently introduced in the study of patients with musculoskeletal pathologies. Our research group has shown that this…
Abstract Number: 1508 • ACR Convergence 2022
Enthesitis a Dominant Pathology in Psoriatic Arthritis: Identification and Quantification of Enthesitis Burden by 18F-FDG Total-Body PET/CT Imaging
Siba Raychaudhuri¹, Yasser Abdelhafez², Dario Mazza³, Smriti Raychaudhuri⁴ and Abhijit Chaudhari³, ¹UC Davis, School of Medicine/ VA Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, ²University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ³UC Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, ⁴VA Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Background/Purpose: The enthesitis can be the earliest/primary inflammatory event in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Clinically most of the entheses are not accessible and can't be assessed;…
Abstract Number: 1915 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of an MRI-based Definition of Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Jean Liew¹, Gabriela Rabasa², Michael LaValley³, Jamie collins⁴, Joshua Stefanik⁵, Ali Guermazi², Cora E. Lewis⁶, Michael Nevitt⁷, James Torner⁸ and David Felson², ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of California at San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁸University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: MRI is becoming the OA imaging modality of choice. It allows quantification of cartilage damage, the signature pathologic feature of disease. Proposed MRI-based definitions…
Abstract Number: 0885 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Between Changes in Inflammatory Pathways Associated with a Reduction in CV Risk: Results from the LiiRA Study
brittany weber¹, Dana Weisenfeld¹, Thany Seyok¹, Elena Massarotti¹, Selena Huang¹, Derrick Todd¹, Jonathan Coblyn¹, michael weinblatt¹, Tianrun Cai¹, Kumar Dahal¹, leanne BArrett¹, Daniel Solomon¹, Jorge Plutzky¹, Marcy Bolster², marcelo Dicarli¹ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) is a quantitative imaging biomarker of CV risk that…
Abstract Number: 1254 • ACR Convergence 2022
Ultra High‐Frequency Ultrasound of Labial Salivary Glands in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Promising Tool to Identify Lymphoproliferative Lesions in Unusual Sites
Giovanni Fulvio¹, Rossana Izzetti², Francesco Ferro³, Gianmaria Governato⁴, Gaetano La Rocca⁵, Silvia Fonzetti⁶, Inmaculada Concepción Navarro García⁷, Marta Mosca⁸, Valentina Donati⁹ and Chiara Baldini¹, ¹University of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Unit of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Pisa, Toscana, Italy, ³Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁴Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁵University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Palermo, Palermo, Italy, ⁶Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁷Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ⁹Pathology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Major salivary gland (MSG) ultrasound (US) is a useful tool in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) diagnostic work-up. Interestingly, in a recent case series, specific US…
Abstract Number: 1513 • ACR Convergence 2022
Identification of MRI Lesions Indicative of Spondyloarthritis Diagnosis from the Axial Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) MRImagine Multi-Reader Scoring Dataset Using the Chi-Squared Automatic Interaction Detection Algorithm (CHAID)
Stephanie Wichuk¹, Walter P Maksymowych², Robert G Lambert¹, Abhilash Hareendranathan³ and Jacob Jaremko¹, ¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Several types of active and structural lesions have been identified on sacroiliac joint MRI of spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients. Various combinations of these lesions may…
Abstract Number: 1918 • ACR Convergence 2022
Neurobiological Mechanisms of a Remote-Delivered Mind-body Intervention for Knee Osteoarthritis
Jian Kong¹ and Chenchen Wang², ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: As a recommended intervention for knee Osteoarthritis (OA) according to current guidelines, Tai Chi, a multi-dimensional exercise has exhibited clinically significant improvements in knee…
Abstract Number: 1005 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increasing the Proficiency for Scoring Sacroiliac Joint Radiographs According to the Modified New York Criteria for Ankylosing Spondylitis by Using an Online Real-time Iterative Calibration (RETIC) Module
Anna Hadsbjerg¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Joel Paschke³, Adrian Ciurea⁴, Michael Nissen⁵, Stephanie Wichuk⁶, Ashish J Mathew⁷, Marie Wetterslev⁸, Raphael Micheroli⁹, Susanne Pedersen¹⁰, Simon Krabbe¹⁰, Kristyna Bubova¹¹, Monika gregova¹², Alexander Bernatschek⁴, Maurice Donzallaz⁴, Burkhard Moeller¹³, Ziga Snoj¹⁴, Karlo Pintaric¹⁴, Manouk de Hooge¹⁵, Karel Gorican¹⁶, Robert G Lambert⁶ and Walter P Maksymowych¹⁷, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, COPECARE, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ³CARE Arthritis LTD, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁹University Hospital Zurich, Department of Rheumatology, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ¹¹First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University,, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Institue of Rheumatology, Prague, ¹³Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹⁴Radiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁵Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ¹⁶MSK radiology unit, Radiology section – Diagnostic department, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Radiographic assessment of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) according to the modified New York (mNY) criteria is essential in the classification of ankylosing spondylitis, but…
Abstract Number: 1255 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatologists Overcall Sacroiliitis on X-ray and MRI in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients: Data from the BelGian Inflammatory Arthritis and SpoNdylitis cohorT (Be-GIANT)
Ann-Sophie Kathleen De Craemer¹, Manouk de Hooge², Thomas Renson³, Liselotte Deroo⁴, Gaelle Varkas³, Liesbet Van Praet⁵, Rik Joos⁶, Jan Lenaerts⁷, Mieke Devinck⁸, Lieve Gyselbrecht⁹, isabelle peene³, Kristof Thevissen¹⁰, Philippe Carron³, Filip Van den bosch¹¹ and Dirk Elewaut¹², ¹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ³Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, ⁵AZ Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Reuma Instituut Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium, ⁸AZ Sint-Lucas, Brugge, Belgium, ⁹ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium, ¹⁰Reumacentrum Genk, Genk, Belgium, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium
Background/Purpose: To investigate (1) agreement between local and central reading of sacroiliac joint images (X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) from axial spondylarthritis (axSpA) patients,…
Abstract Number: 1541 • ACR Convergence 2022
MRI Digital Artery Volume Index (DAVIX) Predicts Future Digital Ulcers and Disease Progression in Systemic Sclerosis
Michael Hughes¹, Stefano Di Donato², Klodian Gjeloshi³, Giuseppina Abignano⁴, Fiammetta Danzo³, Giovanni Lettieri G⁴, Enrico De Lorenzis², Dominic Bertham⁵, Philip O’Connor², Olga Kubassova⁶ and Francesco Del Galdo², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust & The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³University of Campania ‘‘Luigi Vanvitelli’’, Napoli, Italy, ⁴Istituto Reumatologico Lucano (IReL), Azienda Ospedaliera Regionale San Carlo, Potenza, Italy, ⁵NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Image Analysis Group, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Fibroproliferative vasculopathy in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is caused by neointima proliferation is a key pathologic feature of SSc which results in arterial vessel narrowing…
Abstract Number: 1977 • ACR Convergence 2022
Tc99m Tilmanocept Imaging Predicts Clinical Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Beginning New Anti-TNFα Therapy
Jonathan Graf¹, Martin Jacobs², Debbie Gladd-Foley³, Yelliann Ruiz-Irizarry⁴, Alan Kivitz⁵, Melvin Churchill⁶, Arash Kardan⁷, Mara Leach⁸, David Ralph⁸, Nicole Korczak⁸, Addison Hasselbach⁸, Bonnie Abbruzzese⁸, Rachael Hershey⁸, Beth Potter⁸, Jessica Fitzpatrick⁸, Aaron Thornton⁸, Michael Blue⁸ and Michael Rosol⁸, ¹Ucsf, San Francisco, CA, ²Kettering Network Radiologists, Kettering, OH, ³Premier Rheumatology of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, ⁴Jackson Health System, Innovation Medical Research Center, Palmetto Bay, FL, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, ⁶Arthritis Center of Nebraska, Bryan Health, Lincoln, NE, ⁷Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Houston, TX, ⁸Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Dublin, OH
Background/Purpose: Effective and expeditious control of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity using a treat-to-target (T2T) strategy is crucial to prevent long term damage and disability.…

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