Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1544 • ACR Convergence 2020
Tc99m Tilmanocept Imaging Is an Early Predictor of Clinical Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Beginning New Anti-TNFα Therapy
Mara Leach¹, David Ralph¹, Beth Potter¹, Bonnie Abbruzzese¹, Rachael Hershey¹, Jessica Fitzpatrick¹, Katherine Repp¹, Haya Shakhtra¹, Madison Palmer¹, Nicole Korczak¹, Audrey Villarosa¹, Michael Blue¹, Martin Jacobs², Yelliann Ruis³, Debbie Foley⁴, Alan Kivitz⁵ and Michael Rosol¹, ¹Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Dublin, ²Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, ³Innovation Medical Research Center, Palmetto Bay, ⁴Premier Rheumatology of Oklahoma, Tulsa, ⁵Altoona Center for Clinical Research/Altoona Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Duncansville, PA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a serious and potentially debilitating disease, but low disease activity and even clinical remission can be obtained if an effective…
Abstract Number: 1850 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Association Between Imaging Sub-phenotypes of Psoriatic Arthritis and Gene Expression Profiles
Lihi Eder¹, Lee Quan², Sara Rahmati³, Iris Eshed⁴, Proton Rahman⁵, Igor Jurisica⁶ and Vinod Chandran⁷, ¹Women’s College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ⁵Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Medicine, St John's, Canada, ⁶Krembil RI, Toronto, Canada, ⁷Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Heterogeneity is a hallmark of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), which is reflected in diverse clinical, imaging and molecular features, various disease courses and treatment responses.…
Abstract Number: 0446 • ACR Convergence 2020
Novel Ultrasound Image Acquisition Protocol and Scoring System for the Pediatric Ankle
Patricia Vega-Fernandez¹, Deirdre De Ranieri², Edward Oberle³, Hulya Bukulmez⁴, Clara Lin⁵, Susan Shenoi⁶, Akaluck Thatayatikom⁷, Leandra Woolnough⁸, Kathleen Jo Corbin⁹, Heather Benham¹⁰, Emily Brunner¹¹, Michael Henrickson¹, Laura Ballenger³, Sara Haro¹², Christina Schutt¹³, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier¹⁴, Ginger Janow¹⁵, Mekibib Altaye¹⁶, Amy Cassedy¹, Johannes Roth¹⁷ and Tracy Ting¹, ¹Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, ³Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, ⁴MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve, Pepper Pike, OH, ⁵Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁶Seattle Childrens Hospital, seattle, WA, ⁷Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁸University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁹Yale University School of Medicine, Woodbridge, CT, ¹⁰Texas Scottish RIte Hospital, North Richland Hills, TX, ¹¹Geisinger, Bloomsburg, PA, ¹²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ¹³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁴CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, ¹⁵Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ, ¹⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, ¹⁷University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The clinical decision-making process in pediatric arthritis lacks an objective, reliable bedside imaging tool. Although increasingly used for children, there is a need for…
Abstract Number: 1169 • ACR Convergence 2020
Three-Dimensional Analysis of Facial Asymmetry in Craniofacial Scleroderma
Daniel Glaser¹, Christopher Liu² and Kathryn Torok³, ¹UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Piitsburgh, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Localized scleroderma (LS) is a rare, progressive autoimmune disease of the skin and underlying connective tissue that can result in devastating functional impairment and cosmetic damage in children. …
Abstract Number: 1545 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant Identifying Spinal Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis on Plain X-rays: A Pilot Deep Learning Study
Sarah Ringsted¹, Nishad Sathe¹, Atul Deodhar² and Dongseok Choi², ¹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a non-inflammatory condition most classically seen in the spine, and is characterized by ossification of the spinal ligaments…
Abstract Number: 1922 • ACR Convergence 2020
Association of Leukocyte Populations in Peripheral Blood and Arterial Wall Inflammation Assessed by FDG-PET in Takayasu’s Arteritis and Giant Cell Arteritis
K. Bates Gribbons¹, Kaitlin Quinn², Mark Ahlman³, Peter Merkel⁴ and Peter C. Grayson⁵, ¹McGovern Medical School UT Houston, Houston, TX, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, ³National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Positron emission tomography (PET) is useful to demonstrate fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the large arteries in both Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis…
Abstract Number: 0447 • ACR Convergence 2020
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics in Patients with Spondyloarthritis and Clinical Diagnosis of Heel Enthesitis: Screening Data from a Phase 3 Trial
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Philipp Sewerin², Eugenio De Miguel³, Christine Kleinmond⁴, Ankita Shekhawat⁵, Claudia Jentzsch⁶, Annette Wiedon⁷ and Frank Behrens⁸, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ²Department of Rheumatology & Hiller Research Unit, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴ClinProject GmbH, Eurasburg, Germany, ⁵Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ⁶Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany, ⁷Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nurnberg, Germany, ⁸CIRI/Rheumatology & Fraunhofer TMP, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Background/Purpose: Inflammation and pain at entheseal sites are the key clinical signs in patients (pts) with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).1 Magnetic resonance…
Abstract Number: 1191 • ACR Convergence 2020
Specificity for Inflammatory Pathways Associated with Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brittany Weber¹, Zeling He¹, Sicong Huang¹, Daniel H. Solomon², Elena Massarotti¹, Charlotte Golnik¹, Thany Seyok¹, Seth Brownmiller¹, Laurel Martell¹, Leann Barrett¹, Courtney Bibbo¹, Marcy Bolster³, Marcelo DiCarli¹ and Katherine Liao¹, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA
Background/Purpose: Coronary microvascular disease (CMD) is associated with increased mortality in RA independent of traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Inflammation likely plays an important role…
Abstract Number: 1547 • ACR Convergence 2020
Role of Artificial Intelligence in Assessment of Peripheral Joint MRI in Inflammatory Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Arya Haj-Mirzaian¹, Olga Kubassova², Mikael Boesen³, Paul Bird⁴ and John Carrino⁵, ¹Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Image Analysis Group, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Radiology Copenhagen University hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg; The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Optimus Clinical Research, Kogarah, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Hackensack, NJ
Background/Purpose: To summarize the feasibility, reliability, and validity of computer-aided quantification of joint destruction and synovitis on MRI using artificial intelligence (AI) based methods in…
Abstract Number: 1923 • ACR Convergence 2020
Angiographic Progression of Disease in Large-Vessel Vasculitis
Kaitlin Quinn¹, Himanshu Dashora², Mark Ahlman³, Elaine Novakovich² and Peter C. Grayson², ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Washington, DC, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Angiography is essential to detect vascular disease in patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). Guidelines differ on the role of periodic angiography to monitor patients…
Abstract Number: 0501 • ACR Convergence 2020
Structural Entheseal Lesions in Psoriasis Patients Are Associated with an Increased Risk Ofprogression to Psoriatic Arthritis – A Prospective Cohort Study
David Simon¹, Koray Tascilar¹, Arnd Kleyer¹, Sara Bayat², Eleni Kampylafka², Axel Hueber³, Juergen Rech¹, Louis Schuster¹, Klaus Engel⁴, Michael Sticherling² and Georg Schett⁵, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Sektion Rheumatologie, Bamberg, Germany, ⁴Siemens Healthcare GmbH Digital Technology & Camp; Innovation, SHS DS DTI, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: We have previously reported that the presence of musculoskeletal pain in psoriasis patients is associated with a higher risk of developing psoriatic arthritis (PsA)…
Abstract Number: 1251 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing the Construct Validity of the Novel OMERACT Ultrasound Scoring System for Salivary Glands Target Lesions by Comparison with MRI in Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome – An OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group Exercise
Nevsun Inanc¹, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin², Kerem Abacar³, Çagatay Cimşit⁴, Canan Cimşit⁴, Maria D’Agostino⁵, Esperanza Naredo⁶, Alojzija Hocevar⁷, Stephanie Finzel⁸, Lene Terslev⁹, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁰, Petra Hanova¹¹, Wolfgang Schmidt¹², Gonca Mumcu¹³ and George A. Bruyn¹⁴, ¹Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, istanbul, Turkey, ²Rheumatology Department, Cavale Blanche Hospital and Brest Occidentale University, Brest, France, ³Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Marmara University School of Medicine, Radiology, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, IIS Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁷University Medical Center, Rheumatology, Ljubljana, LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Freiburg, Germany, ⁹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup., Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹⁰Università degli Studi di Torino, Academic Rheumatology Centre, Turin, Italy, ¹¹Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ¹³Marmara University School of Health Sciences, Health Management, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Reumakliniek Lelystad, Lelystad, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Imaging techniques such as salivary gland ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are able to diagnose primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) patients with high sensitivity…
Abstract Number: 1548 • ACR Convergence 2020
Blood Pressure, BMI and Sex Affect Optical Spectral Transmission Imaging Measurements of the Hands
Annelies Blanken¹, Conny van der Laken² and Mike Nurmohamed³, ¹Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center location Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade and Amsterdam UMC, VU medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Optical spectral transmission imaging (OST) is a new imaging method designed to measure inflammation in the hands of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The device…
Abstract Number: 1974 • ACR Convergence 2020
Validation of a Deep Learning Based Algorithm to Diagnose Vertebral Compression Fractures
John Page¹, Franklin Moser², Marcel Maya³, Ravi Prasad³ and Barry Pressman², ¹Amgen, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, ²Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Vertebral Compression Fractures are common in patients above age 50, but are often undiagnosed. Patients with one VCF are at higher risk of other…
Abstract Number: 0514 • ACR Convergence 2020
Feasibility of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography to Monitor the Effect of Tocilizumab on Vascular Inflammation in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Kaitlin Quinn¹, Himanshu Dashora², Mark Ahlman³, Elaine Novakovich² and Peter C. Grayson², ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Two randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the clinical efficacy of tocilizumab for treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA) (1,2). In these trials, response to…

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