Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1948 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enhanced Prediction of Knee Osteoarthritis Progression through Deep Learning-Based Multimodal Data Fusion
Daniela Herrera¹, Ahmad Almhdie-Imjabbar², Hechmi Toumi³ and Eric Lespessailles⁴, ¹PRIMMO- University Hospital Center of Orleans, Olreans, France, ²University Hospital Center of Orleans, Orleans, France, ³PRIMMO- University Hospital Center of Orleans, Orleans, France, ⁴CHU Orléans, Orléans, France
Background/Purpose: Effective diagnosis and management of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) increasingly rely on integrating diverse data sources, including imaging and clinical information. The practice of combining…
Abstract Number: 1632 • ACR Convergence 2025
PET/CT-Based Distribution of Arterial Involvement and Its Association With Clinical Outcomes in Takayasu Arteriti
Tokio Katakura¹, Tsuyoshi Shirai², Kentaro Mori¹, Mikihiro Takahashi¹, Yuito Tanno³, Soshi Okazaki³, So Itoi³, Yosuke Hoshi³, Tomoaki Machiyama³, Yusho Ishii³, Hiroko Sato³ and Hiroshi Fujii³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai
Background/Purpose: PET/CT enables assessment of active vascular inflammation in Takayasu arteritis (TAK), which is often difficult to evaluate with conventional imaging. Although the distribution of…
Abstract Number: 1204 • ACR Convergence 2025
Validity and reliability of a new ultrasound-based semiquantitative echogenicity grading scale for myositis.
Takeshi Yoshida¹, Didem Saygin² and Jemima Albayda³, ¹Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The Heckmatt grading scale has been widely used as a semiquantitative assessment method for grading muscle echo intensity (EI) on ultrasound; however, this was…
Abstract Number: 0749 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and characteristics of subclinical Polymyalgia Rheumatica in patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Javier Narváez¹, Paola Vidal-Montal², Martí Aguilar-Coll³, Montserrat Roig Kim⁴, Laia De Daniel Bisbe⁴, Monica Cubells⁵, Aina Fabregat⁶, Judith Palacios-Olid³, Pol Maymó-Paituvi⁴, Carmen Moragues³ and Joan Miquel Nolla⁴, ¹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ²Rheumatology. Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Department of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge., Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: In clinical practice, 18F-FDG PET-CT often reveals findings suggestive of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) who lack symptoms or…
Abstract Number: 0107 • ACR Convergence 2025
Role of Achilles Elastography in Differentiating Patients with Early Psoriatic Arthritis
IRENE MARTIN MARTIN¹, CARMEN SAN JOSE MENDEZ², SONIA JIMENEZ BARRIOS³, ELENA MARTIN FERNANDEZ⁴, JULIA MIRANDA MANZANO⁵, DIEGO DIOS SANTOS⁶, JORGE GONZALEZ MARTIN⁷, PABLO ZURITA PRADA⁷, MONICA VAZQUEZ DIAZ⁸ and CARLOS GUILLEN-ASTETE⁹, ¹HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES, GRANADA, ²Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), A Coruña, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ⁴HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RAMON Y CAJAL, MADRID, ⁵FACULTAD BIOMEDICINA, MADRID, ⁶HOSPITAL DE VERÍN, OURENSE, ⁷HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO HM SANCHINARRO, MADRID, ⁸HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO HLA MONCLOA, MADRID, ⁹H.U Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Elastography (EL) is an imaging technique that evaluates the biomechanical properties of tissues. Pathological tissues have different elastic properties compared to healthy tissues.In diseases…
Abstract Number: 2610 • ACR Convergence 2025
Imaging remission in aortitis associated with giant cell arteritis. Multicenter study with tocilizumab in monotherapy and combined therapy
Adrian Martin-Gutierrez¹, Javier Loricera², Diana Prieto-Peña³, Vicente Aldasoro Cáceres⁴, Olga Maiz⁵, Eugenio de Miguel⁶, Eva Galíndez Agirregoikoa⁷, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁸, Santos Castañeda⁹ and Ricardo Blanco¹⁰, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Donosti, Donostia, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷BASURTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BILBAO, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Background/Purpose: Aortitis is a frequent and potential severe complication of giant cell arteritis (GCA)(GCA-aortitis). Tocilizumab (TCZ) was approved for the treatment of GCA, but its…
Abstract Number: 1969 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enhancing Objective Evaluation of Raynaud’s in Veterans with Scleroderma-related Hand Pain: Integrating Patient Reported Outcomes and Nailfold Capillaroscopy
Genessis Maldonado¹, Sowmika Rao¹ and Tracy Frech², ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is a painful and disabling feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc) that significantly impairs quality of life. Tools that integrate subjective symptom…
Abstract Number: 1946 • ACR Convergence 2025
Quantitative Imaging Analysis of Chest Computed Tomography in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Emily Anthone¹, Emily Wan², Aimee Schreiner¹, Katherine Wysham³, Gary Kunkel⁴, Grant Cannon⁵, Andreas Reimold⁶, John Richards⁷, Dana Ascherman⁸, Gail Kerr⁹, Paul Monach¹⁰, Halie Frideres¹¹, Punyasha Roul¹², Scott Matson¹³, Joshua Baker¹⁴, Ted Mikuls¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²VA Boston, Omaha, NE, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Utah and George E Wahlen VAMC, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁷Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁹Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ¹⁰VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ¹¹UNMC Department of Rheumatology, Omaha, NE, ¹²UNMC, Omaha, NE, ¹³University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO, ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) frequently complicates the disease course in RA. While forced vital capacity (FVC) from pulmonary function tests (PFTs) is the most…
Abstract Number: 1631 • ACR Convergence 2025
New Arterial Damage in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Tanaz Kermani¹, Sema Kaymaz-Tahra², Aysegul Avcu³, Fatma Alibaz-Oner⁴, Haner Direskeneli³ and Peter Merkel⁵, ¹University of California Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA, ²Bahcesehir University Faculty of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴MARMARA UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, DIVISION OF RHEUMATOLOGY, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Damage is one of the consequences of disease and is often considered irreversible. This study aimed to evaluate new arterial damage in Takayasu’s arteritis…
Abstract Number: 1173 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence of Coronary Artery Involvement in IgG4-Related Disease Detected by Non-Gated Cross-Sectional Imaging
Matthew Charles Baker¹, Lauren Taylor², Haziq Siddiqi², Jison Hong² and Brian Pogatchnik², ¹Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) classically presents with a mass or diffusely enlarged organ, but it also affects blood vessels of all sizes. Coronary artery involvement…
Abstract Number: 0740 • ACR Convergence 2025
Intravenous versus subcutaneous administration of Tocilizumab in aortitis associated with giant cell arteritis: multicenter open-label study of 196 patients
Carmen Secada-Gómez¹, Javier Loricera², Adrian Martin-Gutierrez³, Santos Castañeda⁴ and Ricardo Blanco¹, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander , Spain, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain., Renedo de Piélagos, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Aortitis associated to Giant cell arteritis (GCA) (GCA-aortitis) is one of the most severe manifestation of GCA. Tocilizumab (TCZ) has demonstrated efficacy in large-vessel…
Abstract Number: 0092 • ACR Convergence 2025
SynovAI: A Revolutionary AI Framework for Enhanced Detection and Differentiation of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, and Spondyloarthritis via Advanced Ultrasound Imaging
Mojtaba S. Fazli¹, Mariani Diaz Deluna², Suzanne Tamang² and Robert Fairchild², ¹Stanford University, San Francisco, CA, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatology musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) is a powerful technique to identify and differentiate arthritidies joint pathology, yet MSKUS is highly dependent on user experience. Techniques…
Abstract Number: 2562 • ACR Convergence 2025
Enhancing Hand Osteoarthritis Classification with Generative AI: A CycleGAN and EfficientNetB7 Approach
Zhen Cao¹, Juan Shan², Xiaohan Jiang¹, Qiong Wang¹, Timothy McAlington³, Jeffrey Driban⁴ and Ming Zhang⁵, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²Pace University, New York, NY, ³UMass Chan School of Medicine, Arlington, MA, ⁴University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Marlborough, NH, ⁵Boston University, Westford, MA
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent disease that significantly impacts hand function and quality of life. The Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grading system is widely used…
Abstract Number: 1968 • ACR Convergence 2025
Relationship between ultrasonographic and elastographic findings of the median nerve and disease activity and hand function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Gulperi ISAZADE KASIMZADE¹, Ismihan Sunar², Sebnem ATAMAN³ and Aysun GENC¹, ¹Ankara University School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey, ²Ankara University School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey, ³Ankara University School of Medicine, Rheumatology, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune joint disease with systemic involvement which can affect the nerves through either compressive pathology due to intra-articular synovitis…
Abstract Number: 1945 • ACR Convergence 2025
Significance of Finger Joint Tenderness With or Without Swelling in Relation to MRI, Ultrasound, and X-Ray Findings in Psoriatic Arthritis_Final results
Victoria Furer¹, iris Eshed², Moshe Iluz¹, Ori Elkayam³ and Ari Polachek⁴, ¹Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, ²Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer affiliated with School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Tel Aviv medical center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Rheumatology Institute of Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal involvement in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) affects both articular and extra-articular structures, presenting as inflammatory and structural lesions. The relationship between tender and/or swollen…

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