Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 968 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What Is the Impact of Imaging on Diagnostic Ascertainment of Patients Presenting with Undiagnosed Back Pain in Routine Practice and the Impact of Central Reading? Data from the Screening in Axial Spondyloarthritis in Psoriasis, Iritis, and Colitis Cohort
Walter P. Maksymowych^1,2, Raj Carmona³, Jonathan Chan⁴, James Yeung⁵, Dianne P. Mosher⁶, Sibel Zehra Aydın⁷, Liam Martin⁶, Ariel Masetto⁸, Stephanie Keeling⁹, Olga Ziouzina⁶, Sherry Rohekar¹⁰, Joel Paschke², Amanda Carapellucci² and Robert G. Lambert¹¹, ¹Medicine, Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²CaRE Arthritis, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Artus Health Clinic, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵James Yeung Rheumatology, Richmond, BC, Canada, ⁶University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁸Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, AB, Canada, ⁹Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁰Western University, London, ON, Canada, ¹¹Radiology, Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Although MRI of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) is the most sensitive imaging modality for early diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) it is costly and…
Abstract Number: 1203 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tenosynovitis Detected By Ultrasound Predicts Arthritis Onset in Individuals at Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Yogan Kisten¹, Hamed Rezaei¹, Erik af Klint¹, Guozhong Fei^1,2, Aleksandra Antovic^1,2, Aase Hensvold^1,2 and Anca I. Catrina^1,2, ¹Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Stockholm Health Services, Academic Specialist Center, Center for Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The urgent need for identifying imaging and serological markers that early predicts rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is clinically important. We aim to identify ultrasound findings…
Abstract Number: 1277 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Prospective Study Examining the Prevalence of CT Erosions in the Feet and Ankles of Patients with Gout Treated with Allopurinol
Chio Yokose¹, Yuqing Zhang², Nicola Dalbeth³, Jie Wei¹, Savvas Nicolaou⁴, Scott Baumgartner⁵, Jia Hu⁶, Maple Fung⁵ and Hyon K. Choi¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Formerly Ardea Biosciences, San Diego, CA, ⁶Heron Therapeutics, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Gout is characterized by episodes of acute arthritis that are self-limiting. However, patients with gout can also develop tophi, bone erosions, joint deformity and…
Abstract Number: 1285 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparision of Urate Burden in Well and Poorly Controlled Gout Patients: A Dual-Energy CT Study
Min Kyung Chung¹, Hyeran Hyun², Ji Young Hwang² and Jisoo Lee¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) allows sensitive and quantative detection of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in patients with gout. Although its usefulness in diagnosing gout…
Abstract Number: 12L • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Intravenous Injection of Tc 99m Tilmanocept in Static Planar Gamma Emission Imaging and Fused SPECT/CT Imaging for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arash Kardan¹, Bonnie Abbruzzese², James Sanders², Allison Kissling², David Ralph², Joanna Shuping², Michael Blue², Carley Hartings², Rachael Hershey², Ahmad Ismail², Izabela Gierach², Hannah Bailey², Amelia Spaulding², Matthew Haynam², George Zubal³ and Frederick Cope², ¹Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, ND, ²Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Dublin, OH, ³Z-Concepts, LLC, East Haven, CT

Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages play a critical role in RA by perpetuating inflammation via TNFα release and participating in the destruction of bone and cartilage. Notably,…
Abstract Number: 259 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging for Diagnosis, Monitoring and Outcome Prediction of Large Vessel Vasculitis: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Meta-Analysis Informing the EULAR Recommendations
Christina Duftner¹, Christian Dejaco², Alexandre Sepriano³, Louise Falzon⁴, Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁵ and Sofia Ramiro⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Internal Medicine II, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ²Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Modern imaging techniques including ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and 18F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET) are increasingly studied in large…
Abstract Number: 821 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Discrepancies between Clinical- and Imaging-Based Assessments of Disease Activity in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Peter C. Grayson¹, Mark Ahlman², Kathleen Marinelli³, Renee Borchin⁴, Simon Carette⁵, Nader A. Khalidi⁶, Carol A. Langford⁷, Carol A. McAlear⁸, Paul A. Monach⁹, Christian Pagnoux⁵, Kenneth J. Warrington¹⁰, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁰ and Peter A. Merkel¹¹, ¹National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, ²Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹¹Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: To study the relationship between clinically-determined disease activity and vascular inflammation assessed by positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with TakayasuÕs arteritis (TAK). Methods:…
Abstract Number: 264 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Novel Method to Assess Subchondral Bone Formation Using Naf-PET in the Evaluation of Knee Osteoarthritis
Venkata S. Jonnakuti¹, William Y. Raynor¹, Elena G. Taratuta¹, Abass Alavi² and Joshua Baker³, ¹Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Radiology/Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Previous studies using 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography (NaF-PET) have quantified the increase in bone formation associated with osteoarthritic (OA) abnormalities with the maximum…
Abstract Number: 871 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to Diabetes Mellitus in Patients without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
Katherine P. Liao¹, Gabrielle Cremone², Ethan Lam², Zhi Yu¹, Jon M. Hainer³, Victoria Morgan³, Courtney Bibbo³ and Marcelo Di Carli³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Nuclear Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with DM have increased coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) compared to the general population, leading to higher rates of cardiac death despite normal perfusion…
Abstract Number: 265 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability of an Omeract Semiquantitative Scoring System and Imaging Atlas for the Assessment of Cartilage in Hand Osteoarthritis
Alexander Mathiessen¹, Hilde B Hammer², Lene Terslev³, George A. W. Bruyn⁴, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino⁵, Emilio Filippucci⁶, Ida Kristin Haugen⁷, Marion Kortekaas⁸, Peter Mandl⁹, Ingrid Moller¹⁰, Esperanza Naredo¹¹, Ruth Wittoek¹², Annamaria Iagnocco¹³ and Karen Ellegaard¹⁴, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Rheumatology, MC Groep, Loenga, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt , Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Paris, France, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi, Italy, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Dept. of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine III; Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹⁰Instituto de Poal, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ¹³Academic Rheumatology Unit, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy, ¹⁴Dept. of Rheumatology, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by gradual loss of articular cartilage. Evaluation of cartilage in the small joints of the hands has shown that ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 1149 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Implications of Ultrasonography (US) in Monitoring Disease Activity of Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) and Comparative Investigation By US between Auricle of RP, Repeated Trauma and Healthy Subject
Eri Amano¹, Yoshinori Taniguchi², Satoshi Inotani¹, Hirofumi Nishikawa¹, Tatsuki Matsumoto³, Shuichi Nakayama⁴ and Yoshio Terada⁵, ¹Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, ²Endocrinology, Metabolism,Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan, ³Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan, ⁴Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan, ⁵Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder and might often be refractory. Therefore, the discovery of more convenient imaging modality than contrast-CT,…
Abstract Number: 266 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Pattern of Hand Osteoarthritis in a Working Population Using Ultrasound
Mario Giulini¹, Hasan Acar², Ralph Brinks³, Matthias Schneider², Benedikt Ostendorf⁴, Oliver Sander⁵ and Philipp Sewerin⁶, ¹Department for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany, ²Policlinic for Rheumatology & Hiller Research Centre for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology & Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Univ. Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology & Hiller Research Unit, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁶Department and Hiller-Research-Unit for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: The estimated prevalence of hand osteoarthritis (HOA) varies severely according to the selection of different diagnostic modalities, items of interest and subject samples. In…
Abstract Number: 1266 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Geographic Variation in Use of Echocardiography at Diagnosis and Detection of Acute Cardiac Disease in Youth with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Joyce C. Chang¹, Andrea M. Knight², Laura M. Mercer-Rosa³, Rui Xiao⁴ and Pamela F. Weiss⁵, ¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness & PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Center for Pediatric Clincial Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Child-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune condition with a high risk of organ damage. There are no guidelines on the use…
Abstract Number: 294 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
DNA Area and Netosis Analysis (DANA): A High-Throughput Method to Quantify Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Fluorescent Microscope Images
Ryan Rebernick¹, Lauren Fahmy², Christopher Glover², Nicole Rademacher², Hemanth Potluri², Mandar Bawadekar¹, Christie M. Bartels³ and Miriam A. Shelef^1,4, ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, ³Rheumatology/Medicine, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, ⁴William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), extracellular structures composed of decondensed chromatin, are released in a process called NETosis. NETs, which are part of normal host…
Abstract Number: 1512 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Sacroiliac Imaging the All-Decisive Factor in the Diagnosis of Early Axial Spondyloarthritis? Data from the Spondyloarthritis Caught Early (SPACE) Cohort
Zineb Ez-Zaitouni¹, Robert B.M. Landewé², Miranda van Lunteren¹, Pauline Bakker¹, Karen M Fagerli³, Roberta Ramonda⁴, Lennart TH Jacobsson⁵, Désirée van der Heijde⁶ and Floris van Gaalen⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Imaging of the sacroiliac joints plays a pivotal role in the recognition of axSpA. However, interpretation of imaging is challenging and has led to…

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