Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 589 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Erosions at the Sacroiliac Joints and Fatty Lesions at the Spine Are the Most Discriminant Lesions for Recent Onset Axial Spondyloarthritis Recognition
Anna Molto¹, Laure Gossec², Violaine Foltz², Romain Beaufort³, Jean Denis Laredo⁴, Pascal Richette⁵, Philippe Dieude⁶, Philippe Goupille⁷, Antoine Feydy⁸ and Maxime Dougados⁹, ¹Hôpital Cochin, Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, ²UPMC University Paris 06, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France, ³Private Practice,, Paris, France, ⁴Radiology Department, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, ⁶Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, CHRU de Tours; and Université François-Rabelais de Tours, Tours, France, ⁸Univ. Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Service de radiologie B, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Paris, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: only scarce data are available regarding the prevalence of MRI structural lesions of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) or the spine suggestive of axial Spondyloarthritis…
Abstract Number: 1985 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cervical Spine Radiographs in Fibromyalgia Patients Show Reduced Cobb Angle and Suggest the Presence of Increased Muscle Pressure As a Cause of the Illness
Robert S. Katz¹, Ben J Small², Alexandra Katz Small³ and Anthony Farkasch⁴, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL, ³University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Rheumatology Associates S.C., Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia patients are reported to have a straight neck on lateral x-ray views of the cervical spine. We measured the Cobb angle in…
Abstract Number: 61 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Resolution of Systemic Joint Inflammatory Processes and Regeneration of Existing Bone Damage upon TNF Blockade As Monitored By In Vivo Multimodal PET-CT Imaging in Progressed Experimental Arthritis
Silvia Hayer¹, Markus Zeilinger^2,3, Volker Weiss^3,4, Markus Seibt⁵, Birgit Niederreiter¹, Tetyana Shvets⁶, Monika Dumanic⁶, Florian Pichler⁶, Marcus Hacker⁶, Josef S. Smolen⁷, Kurt Redlich⁸ and Markus Mitterhauser⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Faulty of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Winer Neustadt, Austria, ³Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Faculty of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, ⁵Department Internal Medicine III, Division Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁷Medical University Vienna, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Vienna, Austria, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Background/Purpose: To use in vivo multimodal [18F]FDG (fluoro-D-glucose, tracer for inflammation) and [18F]Sodium Fluoride (bone tracer) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) imaging for the monitoring…
Abstract Number: 591 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammation on MRI of Spine and Sacroiliac Joints Is Highly Predictive of Structural Damage in Axial Spondyloarthritis: The 5 Years Data of the DESIR Cohort
Alexandre Sepriano¹, Sofia Ramiro², Robert B.M. Landewé³, Maxime Dougados⁴ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ³University of Amsterdam and Atrium Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Paris-Descartes University,, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The effect of local inflammation on structural damage in patients (pts) with axial spondyloarthritis is not well known. We aimed to test the possible…
Abstract Number: 2006 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Altered Microcirculation As a Proxy for Inflammation in Hand Osteoarthritis Can Reliably be Assessed Using Fluorescence Optical Imaging
Ida K. Haugen¹, Sigrid Hestetun¹, Benedict Drude², Gerd R. Burmester³, Tore K Kvien⁴ and Sarah Ohrndorf², ¹Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Free University and Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Previous studies in systemic inflammatory joint diseases have suggested that Fluorescence Optical Imaging (FOI) is a reliable and sensitive tool for the detection of…
Abstract Number: 179 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Synovium: A Novel Approach to Classify the Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Beatriz Rocha^1,2, Berta Cillero-Pastor³, Gert Eijkel³, Lennart R. Huizing³, Cristina Ruiz-Romero^1,4, Andrea Cuervo^5,6, Ron M A Heeren³, Juan D. Cañete^5,6 and Francisco J Blanco^1,6, ¹Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed/ISCIII Proteomics Group, INIBIC - Hospital Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, A Coruña, Spain, ²The Maastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, Masstricht, Netherlands, ³The Maastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, Maastricht, Netherlands, ⁴CIBER-BBN Instituto de Salud Carlos III, INIBIC-CHUAC, A Coruña, Spain., A Coruña, Spain, ⁵Arthritis Unit, Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶RIER-RED de Inflamación y Enfermedades Reumáticas, INIBIC-CHUAC, A Coruña, Spain, A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are immune-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases. Synovial membrane is the initial site of inflammation in PsA and RA…
Abstract Number: 593 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progression of Structural Damage on MRI in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Is Limited: The 5 –Year Results in the DESIR Cohort
Alexandre Sepriano¹, Sofia Ramiro², Robert B.M. Landewé³, Maxime Dougados⁴ and Désirée van der Heijde¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ³University of Amsterdam and Atrium Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Paris-Descartes University,, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Reliably detecting radiographic structural change in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), especially in the sacroiliac joints (SIJ), is notoriously difficult. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Abstract Number: 2011 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Methods to Quantitatively Evaluate Global Synovitis Activity with FDG-PET/CT
William Y. Raynor¹, Venkata S. Jonnakuti¹, Kaiyuan Zheng¹, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen², Abass Alavi³ and Joshua Baker⁴, ¹Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ³Department of Radiology/Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) allows more direct assessment of inflammation than other imaging modalities by portraying metabolic activity. No standards exist for objective…
Abstract Number: 243 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tracer Uptake from High Resolution Bone SPECT/CT Is Linked to Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Yasser Abdelhafez^1,2, Felipe Godinez³, Kanika Sood⁴, Rosalie Hagge², Ramsey D Badawi², Robert D Boutin², Siba P. Raychaudhuri⁵ and Abhijit Chaudhari⁶, ¹Nuclear Medicine Unit, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, ²Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, ³Biomedical Engineering Department, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumatology Section, Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, ⁵Rheumatology, VA Sacramento Medical CenterUC Davis School of Medicine, Mather, CA, ⁶Radiology, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
Tracer Uptake from High Resolution Bone SPECT/CT is Linked to Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.Background/Purpose: To evaluate the association between response to TNF-_ blockers and…
Abstract Number: 779 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of Treatment Response By 18f-Fludeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) in Patients with Large Vessel Vasculitis (LVV)
Shubhasree Banerjee¹, Sara Alehashemi², Ali Cahid Civelek³, Elaine Novakovich⁴, Armin Bagheri⁵, Ashkan Malayeri³, Mark Ahlman³ and Peter C. Grayson⁶, ¹Fellowship and training branch, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ²Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Vasculitis Translational Research Program, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Disease activity in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) is traditionally assessed by clinical and serological (ESR, CRP) parameters. Imaging assessment, including FDG-PET, may also be…
Abstract Number: 2020 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Definition and Standardization of Inflammatory Pathology in Hand Osteoarthritis Assessed By Ultrasound: Results from a Delphi Process and Reliability Testing in the Omeract Ultrasonographer Group in Hand Osteoarthritis
Alexander Mathiessen¹, Hilde B Hammer¹, Lene Terslev², George A. W. Bruyn³, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino⁴, Georgios Filippou⁵, Emilio Filippucci⁶, Ida Kristin Haugen⁷, Marion Kortekaas⁸, Luana Mancarella⁹, Peter Mandl¹⁰, Ingrid Moller¹¹, Mohamed Atia Mortada¹², Esperanza Naredo¹³, Andrea Delle Sedie¹⁴, Ruth Wittoek¹⁵, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁶ and Karen Ellegaard¹⁷, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Rheumatology, MC Groep, Loenga, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt , Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Paris, France, ⁵University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi, Italy, ⁷Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁸Dept. of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine III; Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ¹¹Instituto Poal de Reumatologia, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Dept. of Rheumatology, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴University of Pisa, Rheumatology Unit, Pisa, Italy, ¹⁵Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ¹⁶Academic Rheumatology Unit, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy, ¹⁷Dept. of Rheumatology, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The introduction of MRI and ultrasound (US) atlases has improved reliability in rheumatoid arthritis. With an increased interest in the role of inflammation in…
Abstract Number: 244 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatoid Arthritis Imaging on PET-CT Using a Novel Folate Receptor Ligand for Macrophage Targeting
Nicki Verweij¹, Stefan Bruijnen¹, Yoony Gent², Marc Huisman³, Gerrit Jansen², Carla Molthoff⁴, Qingshou Chen⁵, Philip Low⁵, Albert Windhorst³, Adriaan Lammertsma³, Otto Hoekstra³, Alexandre Voskuyl² and Conny van der Laken², ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center - location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, West Lafayette, IN
Background/Purpose: PET imaging with macrophage tracers has been shown promising for detection of (sub)clinical synovitis, making it useful for both early diagnostics and therapy monitoring…
Abstract Number: 785 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal Angiographic Findings in Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis
Antoine G. Sreih¹, Tanaz A. Kermani², David Cuthbertson³, Simon Carette⁴, Lindsy J. Forbess⁵, Nader A. Khalidi⁶, Curry L. Koening⁷, Carol A. McAlear⁸, Paul A. Monach⁹, Larry W. Moreland¹⁰, Christian Pagnoux¹¹, Philip Seo¹², Robert F. Spiera¹³, Kenneth J. Warrington¹⁴, Steven R. Ytterberg¹⁴, Carol A. Langford¹⁵ and Peter A. Merkel^16,17, ¹Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ⁴Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ¹⁰Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹¹Rheumatology-Vasculitis clinic, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹³Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁵Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁶Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Bioinformatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose : Longitudinal data on the type, progression, and predictors of arterial lesions in patients with Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is limited. This study aimed to…
Abstract Number: 2057 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identification of Urate Deposits in Patients with Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia Using a Dual-Energy CT Scan
Penny Wang¹, Stacy Smith², Rajesh Garg³, Fengxin Lu¹, Alyssa Wohlfahrt¹, Anarosa Campos¹, Kathleen Vanni⁴, Zhi Yu⁵, Daniel H. Solomon¹ and Seoyoung C. Kim¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Radiology, Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Serum uric acid (sUA) is a useful indicator of the risk of developing gout. However, most patients with elevated sUA levels do not have…
Abstract Number: 246 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development and Validation of a Flourescence Optical Imaging Rheumatoid Arthritis Scoring System for Synovitis in the Wrist and Hand
Mads Ammitzbøll-Danielsen¹, Mikkel Østergaard^1,2, Lene Terslev³, Sarah Ohrndorf⁴ and Daniel Glinatsi¹, ¹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose : To assess the intra- and inter-reader agreement and responsiveness of a novel scoring system for FOI-assessed synovitis. Methods: FOI of were obtained of…

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