Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

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…
Abstract Number: 809 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Distribution of Vascular FDG Uptake on Positron Emission Tomography (PET)-CT in Patients Suspected of Having Giant Cell Arteritis – Interim Results from the Giant Cell Arteritis and PET Scan (GAPS) Study
Anthony Sammel¹, Edward Hsiao², Katherine Nguyen³, Geoffrey Schembri², Leslie Schrieber³, Peter Youssef⁴, Beatrice Janssen³ and Rodger Laurent³, ¹Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia, ²Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia, ³Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia, ⁴Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia
Background/Purpose: Positron emission tomography (PET)-CT scan can assess large vessel vasculitis in giant cell arteritis (GCA). It has a reported sensitivity of 80% for biopsy…
Abstract Number: 2205 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trajectories of Knee Bone Shape Change Are Associated with Sex and Osteoarthritis
Barton L Wise¹, Jingbo Niu², Yuqing Zhang³, Felix Liu⁴, Joyce Pang⁵, John A. Lynch⁶ and Nancy E. Lane⁷, ¹Orthopaedics, Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³School Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, ⁶Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Center for Musculoskeletal Health, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is more common in women than men; however, the biological mechanisms for sex difference in knee OA are not well understood.…
Abstract Number: 256 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tracking Digital Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis: Feasibility Study Assessing Lesion Area from Patient-Recorded Smartphone Photographs
Graham Dinsdale¹, Tonia Moore², Joanne Manning², Andrea Murray¹, Ross Atkinson³, Karen Ousey⁴, Mark Dickinson⁵, Christopher Taylor⁶ and Ariane L. Herrick^1,7, ¹Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, University of Manchester, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK, Salford, United Kingdom, ³School of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Podiatry and Clinical Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, ⁵Photon Science Institute, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Centre for Imaging Sciences, Division of Informatics, Imaging & Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Approximately 50% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) will develop painful digital (finger) ulcers (DUs) at some point during their disease course. These lesions…
Abstract Number: 820 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prognostic Value of Positron Emission Tomography in a Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort of Patients with Large Vessel Vasculitis
Peter C. Grayson¹, Sara Alehashemi², Armin Bagheri³, Ali Cahid Civelek⁴, Thomas Cupps⁵, Mariana J. Kaplan⁶, Ashkan Malayeri⁴, Peter A. Merkel⁷, Elaine Novakovich⁸, David A. Bluemke⁴ and Mark Ahlman⁴, ¹National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease (NIAMS), Bethesda, MD, ²Rheumatology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³Vasculitis Translational Research Program, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Rheumatology, Georgetown University, Bethesda, MD, ⁶NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, MN, ⁸Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: While several studies have examined the potential of 18F-flurodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to help establish a diagnosis of large vessel vasculitis (LVV),…
Abstract Number: 2806 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Integrated Longitudinal Analysis Increases Precision and Reduces Bias: A Comparative 5-Year Analysis in the DESIR Cohort
Alexandre Sepriano¹, Sofia Ramiro², Désirée van der Heijde¹, Maxime Dougados³, Pascal Claudepierre⁴, Antoine Feydy⁵, M. Reijnierse⁶, Damien Loeuille⁷ and Robert B.M. Landewé⁸, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Paris-Descartes University,, Paris, France, ⁴Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ⁵Univ. Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Service de radiologie B, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, CHRU Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France, ⁸University of Amsterdam and Atrium Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Evaluation of imaging is important in spondyloarthritis (SpA) research, but loss to follow up often jeopardizes interpretation of the evaluation. The Interpretation may further…
Abstract Number: 143 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Influence of Age and Sex on Collagen-Induced Arthritis
Tracy Wilson-Gerwing¹, Arash Panahifar², David M.L. Cooper² and Alan Rosenberg¹, ¹Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, ²Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Background/Purpose: Age and sex differences are found in certain subsets of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Collagen Induced Arthritis (CIA) in rodents has utility in assessing…
Abstract Number: 162 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Automated Segmentation of Cartilage Provides Comparable Accuracy and Better Responsiveness Than Manual Segmentation: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Gwenael Guillard¹, Graham R. Vincent¹, Philip G. Conaghan², Alan Brett³ and Michael A Bowes¹, ¹Imorphics Ltd, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Imorphics Ltd, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
Automated Segmentation of Cartilage Provides Comparable Accuracy and Better Responsiveness Than Manual Segmentation: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative *Guillard G., *Vincent G.R., *Brett, A., **Conaghan,…

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