Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1870 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessing the Appropriateness of Imaging Modalities in Primary Care for Low Back Pain and Their Impact on Outcomes: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Single Center in Trenton
Damira Sereda¹, Cristine Arcilla², Kudret Arslan³ and Daniel Goldsmith⁴, ¹Capital Health Medical Canter, Trenton, NJ, ²Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Ewing Township, NJ, ³Capital Health Medical Center, Trenton, NJ, ⁴Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton, NJ
Background/Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of doctor visits and disability. The annual direct expenditures for LBP management exceed $80 billion, not…
Abstract Number: 2048 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development and Usability Testing of Web-based Standardized Scoring Tool for Magnetic Resonance Images from Children with Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis (CNO)
Farzana Nuruzzaman¹, T. Shawn Sato², Andrew Carbert³, Joel Paschke³, Lauren Potts⁴, Meinrad Beer⁵, Mingqian Huang⁶, Ramesh Iyer⁷, Johanna Monsalve⁸, Anh-Vo Ngo⁷, Jennifer Stimec⁹, Mahesh Thapa⁷, Xiaoyue Zhang¹⁰, Walter P. Maksymowych¹¹, Polly Ferguson¹² and Yongdong (Dan) Zhao¹³, ¹Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, ²University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³CARE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Illustrator/Patient Research Partner, Long Beach, CA, ⁵University Hospital, Ulm Germany, Ulm, Germany, ⁶Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, ⁷University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁸SUNY-Stony Brook Hospital, Stonybrook, NY, ⁹The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Biostatistical Consulting Core - Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, ¹¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹²University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ¹³University of Washington, Redmond, WA
Background/Purpose: The ChRonic nonbacterial Osteomyelitis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scoring (CROMRIS) tool was developed but it was not digitized yet. Our objectives are: 1) to adapt…
Abstract Number: 0315 • ACR Convergence 2023
Identification of Calcium Crystals in End-Stage Osteoarthritis with Raman Spectroscopy
Tom Niessink¹, Tim Welting², Matthijs Janssen³, Cees Otto⁴ and Tim Jansen⁵, ¹University of Twente, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²MUMC+, Maastricht, Netherlands, ³Viecuri MC / Venlo, Wijgmaal, Belgium, ⁴University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ⁵VieCuri MC, Venlo, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Calcium containing crystals in osteoarthritis (OA) are of interest as they potentially stimulate the NRLP-3 inflammasome and may become treatable with novel therapeutics. Previous…
Abstract Number: 1041 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy of Apremilast on Peripheral and Axial Inflammation in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Based on Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mikkel Østergaard¹, Mikael Boesen², Walter P. Maksymowych³, Robert Lambert⁴, Guillermo Valenzuela⁵, Michael Bubb⁶, Olga Kubassova⁷, Jyotsna Reddy⁸, Stephen Colgan⁹, Yuri Klyachkin¹⁰, Cynthia Deignan¹¹, Zhenwei Zhou⁸ and Philip J. Mease¹², ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Naerum, Denmark, ³Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Integral Rheumatology & Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ⁶University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁷Image Analysis Group, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁹Amgen, Inc., Halton Hills, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Amgen, Inc., Lexington, KY, ¹¹Amgen, Inc., Agoura Hills, CA, ¹²Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: Apremilast is an oral phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor with a unique immunomodulatory mechanism of action and is approved for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA).…
Abstract Number: 1392 • ACR Convergence 2023
Improving the Diagnostic Accuracy in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Interim Results of a Nationwide Telemedicine Project
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Marc Kämmerer², Marcus Kremers³, Berit Schoppen³, Charlotte Arens³, Annette Wiedon⁴, Imke Redeker⁵ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁶, ¹Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²VISUS Health IT GmbH, Bochum, Germany, ³MedEcon Telemedizin GmbH / MedEcon Ruhr GmbH, Bochum, Germany, ⁴Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁵Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is often diagnosed late, while there is also a problem of over- and misdiagnosis in patients with chronic back pain. Imaging,…
Abstract Number: 1871 • ACR Convergence 2023
Utility of Infrared Thermography in Patients with Digital Gangrene
Nidhish Chandra M, Puneet Kumar, Urmila Dhakad, Shweta Bhardwaj, Sanjay Pruthviraj Buddha, Parag Vijayvergia and Lily Singh, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
Background/Purpose: Digital gangrene has been described as a complication of several Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases(AIIRD). Due to multiple underlying mechanisms causing digital gangrene in AIIRD…
Abstract Number: 2079 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparative Analysis of Teledidactic and On-Campus Training in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound – the TELMUS Study
Ricarda Neubauer¹, Florian Recker², Claus Juergen Bauer³, Simon Petzinna¹, Pantelis Karakostas³, Charlotte Behning⁴ and Valentin Sebastian Schäfer³, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) plays a vital role as a diagnostic imaging modality in rheumatology, while also serving as an effective teaching tool to enhance…
Abstract Number: 0318 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Association of CT-Detected Intra-Articular Mineralization with MRI-Detected Effusion-Synovitis and Hoffa’s Synovitis in Knee OA: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Jean Liew¹, Gabriela Rabasa¹, Mohamed Jarraya², Ali Guermazi¹, David Felson¹, Beth Lewis³, John Lynch⁴, Michael Nevitt⁴, James Torner⁵ and Tuhina Neogi⁶, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Alabama at Birimingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular (IA) deposition of calcium crystals (chondrocalcinosis), is common in knee OA. While calcium crystals can cause inflammatory arthritis, their contribution to joint inflammation…
Abstract Number: 1043 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of Optical and Ultrasound Imaging in Lupus Arthritis
Wei Tang¹, Alessandro Marone², Leila Khalili¹, Xin Wang¹, Shane Murray¹, Sean Inzerillo¹, Moegammad Bardien², Vedant Gaikwad², Stephen Kim², Laura Geraldino-Pardilla¹, Andreas Hielscher² and Anca Askanase³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Almost all patients with SLE experience joint problems and arthritis, 12% suffer permanent joint damage. The wide variability in SLE arthritis and the limitations…
Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comprehensive Evaluation of the Digital Annular Pulleys: From Ultrasonographical to Anatomical and Histological Evaluation with Special Focus on the Entheses
Luis Coronel¹, Peter Mandl², María Isabel Miguel³, Joan Blasi⁴, Maria Lopez-Lasanta¹, Sara Marsal¹, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino⁵ and Ingrid Moller⁶, ¹Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain, ²Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Universitat de Barcelona - Campus Bellvitge, Unitat d’anatomía i embriología humana, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Universitat de Barcelona - Campus Bellvitge, Histologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Rome, Courbevoie, France, ⁶Instituto Poal de Reumatología, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: The digital annular pulleys (DAP) are anatomical structures of soft connective tissue organized as transverse fibers of variable width, thickness, and configuration that overlay…
Abstract Number: 1872 • ACR Convergence 2023
Performance Analysis of a Deep Learning Algorithm to Detect Positive SIJ MRI According to the ASAS Definition in axSpA Patients
Joeri Nicolaes¹, Evi Tselenti², Theodore Aouad³, Clementina López Medina⁴, Antoine Feydy⁵, Hugues Talbot³, Bengt Hoepken⁶, Natasha De Peyrecave⁷ and Maxime Dougados⁸, ¹KU Leuven, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Center for Processing Speech and Images; UCB Pharma, Anderlecht, Belgium, ²Veramed, London, United Kingdom, ³CentraleSupélec, Universite Paris-Saclay, Inria, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital; INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris; Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba / IMIBIC / University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁵INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris; Radiology Department, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶UCB Pharma, Monheim, Germany, ⁷UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium, ⁸Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital; INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) is an essential tool in the evaluation of patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). In-depth knowledge…
Abstract Number: 2153 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effects of One-year Tofacitinib Therapy on Angiogenic Biomarkers in Rheumatoid Arthritis
György Kerekes¹, Monika Czókolyová¹, Attila Hamar¹, Anita Pusztai¹, Gábor Tajti¹, Mónika Katkó¹, Edit Végh¹, Zsófia Pethő¹, Nóra Bodnár¹, Ágnes Horváth¹, Boglárka Soós¹, Szilvia Szamosi¹, Zsolt Hascsi¹, Mariann Harangi¹, Katalin Hodosi¹, György Panyi¹, Tamas Seres², Gabriella Szücs¹ and Zoltán Szekanecz¹, ¹University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary, ²University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) morbidity, mortality and perpetuated synovial angiogenesis have been associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In our study we evaluated angiogenic factors in relation…
Abstract Number: 0388 • ACR Convergence 2023
Left Ventricular Geometry Abnormalities Are Related to Higher Clinical Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Victor Beltran¹, Iris Colunga², Dionicio A. Galarza-Delgado², José Ramón Azpiri-López², Jesus Alberto Cardenas-De la Garza³, Rosa Arvizu-Rivera⁴, Valeria Gonzalez-Gonzalez⁵ and Angel Arias Peralta⁶, ¹Rheumatology Service Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Monterrey, Mexico, ²Hospital Universitario UANL, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", San Nicolas, Mexico, ⁴Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio Gonzalez", Escobedo, Mexico, ⁵Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁶Medicine Faculty, Universidad Autonoma De Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) leading cause of death is cardiovascular (CV) disease. RA patients can develop silent myocardial tissue alterations, which result in changes in…
Abstract Number: 1044 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence and Distribution of Sonographic Elementary Lesions in PsA – Results of 2 Cohorts
Ari Polachek¹, Victoria Furer², Sydney Thib³, Liran Mendel², Ori Elkayam² and Lihi Eder⁴, ¹Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Women’s College Research Institute, Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can manifest with different musculoskeletal (MSK) features. Ultrasound (US) optimizes the assessment of the different MSK features in PsA. However, there…
Abstract Number: 1456 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systematic Review of Effects of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus on Brain Structure and Structural Connectivity and Its Relationship with Cognitive Dysfunction Through an Advanced Neuroimaging Lens
Ibrahim Mohamed¹, Tala El Tal², santiago arciniegas³, Stephanie Fevrier⁴, justine ledochowski⁵ and Andrea Knight⁴, ¹The Hospital for Sick Children, Brampton, ON, Canada, ²Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Cognitive dysfunction (CD) is highly prevalent in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and advanced structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revealed brain abnormalities in patients…

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