Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1551 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rapid Effect of Tofacitinib in Reducing US Joint and Tendon Inflammatory Lesions of RA Patients: Data from a 24 Weeks Longitudinal Study
Giuseppe Germanò¹, Pierluigi Macchioni², Giovanni Ciancio³, Filippo Crescentini¹, Andrea Caruso², Beatrice Maranini⁴, Sara Bonazza⁴, Gilda Sandri⁵, Maria Teresa Mascia⁵, Govoni Marcello⁴ and Carlo Salvarani⁶, ¹Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ²Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, Italy, ³Unità Operativa Complessa di Reumatologia Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna -Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, ⁴Unità Operativa Complessa di Reumatologia Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Anna -Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ⁵Struttura Complessa di Reumatologia- Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia- Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy, ⁶Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia e Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: To explore the effects of tofacitinib (Tofa) on US lesions in a consecutive series of patients with active RA MTX and/or bioDMARDs -IR. Methods: In…
Abstract Number: 2021 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Reliability of Scoring Sonographic Entheseal Abnormalities – the Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) Study
Lihi Eder¹, Sibel Aydin² and Gurjit Kaeley³, ¹Women’s College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology, Ottawa, ON, CANADA; The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, CANADA, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: DUET is a study supported by the Group for Assessment for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) that aims to develop a novel sonographic scoring…
Abstract Number: 0648 • ACR Convergence 2020
Dual Energy CT Has Additional Prognostic Value over Clinical Measures in Gout Including Tophi: Best Evidence Synthesis
Sally Stauder¹ and Paul Peloso², ¹Tulane University, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ²Horizon Therapeutics plc, Gurnee, IL
Background/Purpose: Dual Energy CT Scan (DECT) can detect monosodium urate crystals in joints and periarticular tissues. EULAR gout guidelines (Richette, 2020) recognized DECT's value in…
Abstract Number: 1331 • ACR Convergence 2020
Carotid Ultrasound Findings in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case-control Study
Dionicio Ángel Galarza-Delgado¹, José Ramón Azpiri López², Iris Jazmín Colunga Pedraza³, Diana Elsa Flores Alvarado⁴, Octavio Ilizaliturri Guerra⁴, Paola Fernanda Frausto Lerma³, Itzel Corina Zárate Salinas², Alejandra Pérez Villar³, Mayra Alejandra Reyes Soto³, Salvador Lugo Pérez² and Andrea Cecilia Garza Acosta⁵, ¹Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ²Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ³Rheumatology service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, ⁴Rheumatology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, ⁵Radiology Service, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González, Universidad Autónoma Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The carotid ultrasound, which measures both carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and…
Abstract Number: 1553 • ACR Convergence 2020
Optical Tomography Can Accurately Diagnose Lupus Arthritis
Wei Tang¹, Alessandro Marone², Youngwan Kim², Tommy Chen¹, Cathy Guo¹, Leila Khalili¹, Andreas Hielscher² and Anca Askanase³, ¹Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Incapacitating inflammatory arthritis occurs in up to 88% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Arthritis is present in 70-80% of lupus patients in…
Abstract Number: 2034 • ACR Convergence 2020
Resolving Phenotypic and Prognostic Differences in Interstitial Lung Disease Related to Systemic Sclerosis by Computed Tomography-based Radiomics
Janine Schniering¹, Malgorzata Maciukiewicz¹, Hubert Gabrys², Matthias Brunner¹, Christian Blütghen³, Chantal Meier¹, Sophie Braga-Lagache⁴, Anne-Christine Ulgry⁴, Manfred Heller⁴, Oliver Distler¹, Matthias Guckenberger², Havard Fretheim⁵, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold⁵, Christos Nakas⁶, Thomas Frauenfelder³, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang² and Britta Maurer⁷, ¹Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁴Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Laboratory of Biometry, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, Volos, Greece, ⁷Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich
Background/Purpose: Radiomics describes the in-depth analysis of tissue phenotypes by computational retrieval of high-dimensional quantitative imaging features including tissue intensity, texture, and wavelet characteristics. Here,…
Abstract Number: 0681 • ACR Convergence 2020
Gout and Serum Urate Levels Are Associated with Lumbar Spine Monosodium Urate Deposition and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Dual-Energy CT Study
Michael Toprover¹, Michael Mechlin², Anastasia Slobodnick³, Virginia Pike⁴, Cheongeun Oh⁵, Claudine Davis², Theodore Fields⁶, Fabio Becce⁷ and Michael Pillinger⁸, ¹New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ³Stamford Health Medical Group, Stamford, CT, ⁴NYU Langone Health, Brooklyn, NY, ⁵NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁷Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁸New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York,, NY
Background/Purpose: Spinal gout is reported as a rare event, presenting as acute back pain, neuropathy, and spinal compression. Diagnosis is commonly based on identification of…
Abstract Number: 1382 • ACR Convergence 2020
Changes in Imaging Markers in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) Treated with Nintedanib: Sub-Study of the SENSCIS Trial
Stephen Humphries¹, Eric Hachulla², Mark Hamblin³, Takashi Ogura⁴, Dag Wormanns⁵, Carina Ittrich⁶, Frank Risse⁶, Margarida Alves⁷, Martina Gahlemann⁸ and David Lynch⁹, ¹National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Université de Lille, Lille, France, Lille, France, ³University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, Kansas City, KS, ⁴Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Centre, Yokohama, Japan, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵Evangelische Lungenklinik, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁹National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver
Background/Purpose: In the SENSCIS trial in patients with SSc-ILD, nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) (mL/year) over 52 weeks by…
Abstract Number: 1554 • ACR Convergence 2020
Response to Tocilizumab in Large Vessel Vasculitis According to the Extent of Baseline 18F-FDG Vascular Uptake
Lara Sanchez-Bilbao¹, Diana Prieto-Peña², Inigo Gonzalez-Mazon³, David Martinez-Lopez⁴, Monica Calderon-Goercke⁵, Isabel Martínez-Rodríguez⁵, Ignacio Banzo⁵, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic bone diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Bezana, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander (SPAIN), Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: 18F-fluodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) is useful to establish the presence and extent of large vessel vasculitis (LVV). Tocilizumab (TCZ) has shown efficacy…
Abstract Number: 0696 • ACR Convergence 2020
Femoral Cartilage Ultrasound Echo-Intensity Associates with Arthroscopic Cartilage Damage in People Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Matthew Harkey¹, Erin Little², Mikaela Thompson³, Ming Zhang⁴, Jeffrey Driban⁴ and Matthew Salzler³, ¹University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, ²Tufts Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, ⁴Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Over one-third of people will develop knee osteoarthritis within 10 years of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Ultrasound may be used to monitor…
Abstract Number: 1396 • ACR Convergence 2020
Digital Artery Volume Index (Davix©) Predicts Onset of Future Digital Ulcers in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Klodian Gjeloshi¹, Giovanni Lettieri², Fiammetta Danzo¹, Giuseppina Abignano³, Mark Hinton⁴, Anne-Maree Dean⁵, Giovanna Cuomo⁶, Olga Kubassova⁷ and Francesco Del Galdo⁵, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK and Internal Medicine Department, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Radiology Department, San Carlo Hospital, Potenza, Italy, Potenza, Italy, ³Rheumatology Institute of Lucania (IReL), Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital, Potenza, Italy; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ⁴IAG CEO, London, United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Internal Medicine Department, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy, Naples, Italy, ⁷Image Analysis Group, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Neointima proliferation is a key pathologic feature of Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), causing arterial vessel narrowing. It is a recognised culprit pathological lesion in Digital…
Abstract Number: 1556 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Calcinosis in Dermatomyositis with Computed Tomography and Calcium Scoring
Prateek Gowda¹, Briana Cervantes², Lisa G. Rider³, Frederick W. Miller⁴, Marcus Chen⁴ and Adam Schiffenbauer⁴, ¹NIBIB, Baltimore, MD, ²NIEHS, Silver Spring, MD, ³Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, NIEHS, NIH, Garrett Park, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis is a condition in which calcium salts are deposited in and around soft tissue and is observed in up to 30% of adult…
Abstract Number: 0080 • ACR Convergence 2020
Understanding Ankylosing Spondylitis –
Arnd Kleyer¹, Milena Pachowsky², Louis Schuster¹, Larissa Valor-Mendez³, Georg Schett⁴, Axel Hueber⁵ and David Simon¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ²Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Bayern, Germany, ⁴Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Sektion Rheumatologie, Bamberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology is underrepresented in the medical training of students in Germany. [1] Tools and methods are needed to inspire young students for specialist training…
Abstract Number: 0750 • ACR Convergence 2020
Nuclei Detection in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue Using Artificial Intelligence
Steven Guan¹, David Slater¹, James Thompson¹, Edward DiCarlo², Diyu Pearce-Fisher², Susan Goodman³, Bella Mehta⁴ and Dana Orange⁵, ¹MITRE, McLean, VA, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Rockefeller University, New York
Background/Purpose: Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained rheumatoid arthritis synovium are routinely used to assess inflammation [1]. In this work, we propose an automated approach using…
Abstract Number: 1503 • ACR Convergence 2020
Ultra High‐resolution Ultrasound (UHFUS) of Labial Salivary Glands Might Help to Avoid Unnecessary Lip Biopsy in Patients with Sicca Syndrome
Chiara Baldini¹, Francesco Ferro¹, Rossana Izzetti², Saverio Vitali³, Giacomo Aringhieri³, Silvia Fonzetti⁴, Marta Mosca¹, Valentina Donati⁵, Stefano Bombardieri¹ and Davide Caramella³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²Department of Surgical Pathology, Medicine, Molecular and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, ³Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, ⁵Pathology Unit, AOUP, Pisa
Background/Purpose: Major salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) has an established role as a first-line imaging tool in the diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). Nowadays, however,…

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