Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

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.…
Abstract Number: 0174 • ACR Convergence 2021
Imaging Neoangiogenesis in Rheumatoid Arthritis II (INIRA II): Whole-body Synovial Uptake of 99mTc-Maraciclatide Correlates with Power Doppler Ultrasound and Serum Neoangiogenic Biomarkers
Laura Attipoe¹, Sujith Subesinghe², Cristina Blanco Gil², Maria Opena², Kathryn Steel³, Sarah Ryan³, Sam Norton³, Mark Rosser⁴, Gary Cook³, Andrew P Cope³ and Toby Garrood², ¹Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Serac Healthcare, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: 99mTc-maraciclatide (99mTc-M) (Serac Healthcare) is a radio-labelled tracer which binds with high affinity to integrin αvβ3, a cell-adhesion molecule up-regulated on neoangiogenic blood vessels.…
Abstract Number: 0855 • ACR Convergence 2021
Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease Assessed by Coronary Computed Tomography in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Claudia Mendoza-Pinto¹, Pamela Munguía-Realpozo², Karla Godinez-Bolaños², Mario García-Carrasco², Ivet Etchegaray-Morales² and Socorro Méndez-Martínez³, ¹Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, San Andres Cholula, Mexico, ²Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, ³Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Puebla, Mexico
Background/Purpose: To date, the prevalence and prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) according to the coronary calcium score (CCS) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) using…
Abstract Number: 1799 • ACR Convergence 2021
Gender Based Differences in Clinical and Sonographic Assessment Among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Victoria Furer¹, Jonathan Wollman², David levartovsky³, Valerie Aloush³, Sara Borok Lev-Ran⁴, Daphna Paran⁵, Ori Elkayam³ and Ari Polachek⁶, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Tel Aviv Medical Center, Herzliya, Israel, ³Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Sourasky Medical Center, Tel AViv, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Ichilov Hospital, Even Yehuda, Israel, ⁶Sourasky Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can affect differently women and men. Ultrasound (US) is an important tool in the evaluation of disease activity of PsA. To…
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…

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