Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

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: 1447 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decreased Lymphatic Drainage in the Hands of Flaring RA Patients As Measured By Indocyanine Green Clearance Via Real Time Near Infrared Imaging
Richard Bell¹, Homaira Rahimi², Alicia Lieberman³, Ronald Wood⁴, Edward Schwarz⁵ and Christopher T. Ritchlin⁶, ¹Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ²Rheumatology, University of Rochester/Golisano Children's Hosp, Rochester, NY, ³Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ⁴University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁵Orthopedeatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁶Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology and Center for Musculoskeletal Research, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York, USA, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Near infrared (NIR) imaging studies of subdermal indocyanine green (ICG) in murine models of inflammatory arthritis established abnormal lymphatic vessel (LV) function during arthritic…
Abstract Number: 303 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Value of the Simplified Ramris-5 in Early RA Patients Under Methotrexate Therapy Using High Field MRI
Philipp Sewerin¹, Miriam Frenken², Daniel Benjamin Abrar², Christine Goertz³, Christoph Schleich⁴, Matthias Schneider⁵ and Benedikt Ostendorf¹, ¹Department and Hiller-Research-Unit for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Department for diagnostic and interventional Radiology, Heinrich-Heine-Universitiy, Duesseldorf, Germany, ³Department and Hiller-Research-Unit for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-Universitiy, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁴Department for diagnostic and interventional Radiology, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁵Department and Hiller-Research-Unit for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate a simplified version of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (RAMRIS) to five joints of…
Abstract Number: 1603 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gender-Specific Differences in Chinese Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Weiping Kong¹, Caroline Jefferies², Thomas Learch³, Xiaowei Gan¹, Jinrui Cui⁴, Yuan Xu¹, Dier Jin¹, Yingze Zhang¹, Jianming Wang¹, Qingwen Tao¹, Xiaoping Yan¹, Michael Weisman⁵ and Mariko Ishimori⁶, ¹China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Radiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Growing evidence suggests gender-specific differences in the phenotypes of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). However, a literature search failed to reveal evidence of such differences in…
Abstract Number: 316 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Eligibility Rates in Axial Spondyloarthritis Clinical Trials Based on Imaging Criteria
Farhan A. Syed¹, David Bennett¹, Michael O'Connor¹, Gabriele Pradella² and Sarah Warner¹, ¹Scientific and Medical Services, PAREXEL International, Billerica, MA, ²Image Management, PAREXEL International, Billerica, MA
Background/Purpose: Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) encompasses both non-radiographic (nr-AxSpA) as well as radiographic ankylosing spondylitis (AS) which displays structural changes at the sacro-iliac joint (SIJ). Phase…
Abstract Number: 2198 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT Score at Baseline on the Therapeutic Response to Prednisone in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Retrospective Study
Nicolas Giraud¹, Maxime Sondag², Aline Charpentier², Hatem Boulahdour³, Clément Prati^4,5, Daniel Wendling^6,7 and Frank Verhoeven⁸, ¹Rheumatology, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ²rheumatology, CHU de Besançon, Besancon, France, ³CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ⁴EA 4267 FDE, FHU INCREASE, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, Besancon, France, ⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital - Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besancon, France, ⁶Rheumatology, University Hospital - Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besançon, France, ⁷EA 4266, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-25000 Besançon, France, F-25000 Besançon, France, ⁸EA 4267 PEPITE, Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT (FDG-PET/CT) score at baseline, on the therapeutic response to prednisone, in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Methods:…
Abstract Number: 471 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Early Signs of Diastolic Impairment in Children with Incident Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Joyce C. Chang^1,2, Brian R. White³, Matthew D. Elias³, Rui Xiao⁴, Andrea M. Knight^5,6,7, Pamela F. Weiss^8,9,10 and Laura M. Mercer-Rosa^3,7, ¹Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Rheumatology, 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, ⁵Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness & PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁸Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostastistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Center for Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The timing and etiology of diastolic impairment in pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE) are poorly understood, and the role of screening echocardiography remains unclear.…
Abstract Number: 2211 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Technetium Tc 99m Tilmanocept: A Targeted Immunodiagnostic Radiopharmaceutical for the Assessment of Synovial Macrophage Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arash Kardan¹, Allison Kissling², Bonnie Abbruzzese², Ahmad Ismail², Rachael Hershey², Carley Hartings², David Ralph², Izabela Gierach², Michael Blue², Hannah Bailey², Christopher Gablemann², Katherine Repp² and Frederick Cope², ¹Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, ²Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., Dublin, OH
Background/Purpose: Activated macrophages are a critical component of the inflammatory etiology of RA. It is well established that these macrophages perpetuate joint inflammation and destruction…
Abstract Number: 666 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammation on MRI of the Sacroiliac Joints Is Highly Associated with Structural Damage in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients in Clinical Practice: Data from the ASAS and DESIR Cohorts
Alexandre Sepriano¹, Sofia Ramiro^1,2, Robert B.M. Landewé^3,4, Maxime Dougados⁵, Désirée van der Heijde⁶ and Martin Rudwaleit⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen & Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University and Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ⁶Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁷Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Klinikum Bielefeld Rosenhöhe, Bielefeld, Germany
Background/Purpose: The effect of MRI-detected inflammation on the development of radiographic damage at the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) level in patients (pts) with axial SpA (axSpA)…
Abstract Number: 2212 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Feasibility and Performance of HR-pQCT-Derived Joint Space Width Measurement As Outcome Parameter in Arthropathic Disease – Lessons from Hemochromatosis Arthropathy
Ursula Heilmeier¹, Andrew J Burghardt¹, Puneet Kapoor², Georg Schett³, Reinhard Voll⁴ and Stephanie Finzel⁵, ¹Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: High resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) allows in vivo 3 D imaging of human joint microstructure and joint space width (JSW) at an…
Abstract Number: 677 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Structural Damage Characteristics of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in China
Weiping Kong¹, Caroline Jefferies², Thomas Learch³, Jinrui Cui⁴, Xiaowei Gan¹, Nan Zhang¹, Yingze Zhang¹, Jianming Wang¹, Qingwen Tao¹, Xiaoping Yan¹, Michael Weisman⁵ and Mariko Ishimori⁶, ¹China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ²Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ³Radiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Structural damage is a major cause of poor outcomes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In China, structural damage characteristics of AS are rarely…
Abstract Number: 2222 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Construct Validity of Provisional Remission Criteria for Gout: A Dual Energy CT Study
Nicola Dalbeth¹, Christopher Frampton², Maple Fung³, Scott Baumgartner³, Savvas Nicolaou⁴ and Hyon K. Choi⁵, ¹University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ³Formerly Ardea Biosciences, San Diego, CA, ⁴Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Provisional domains and definitions for gout remission criteria have been proposed using consensus methodology (de Lautour et al, Arthritis Care Res 2016). These criteria…
Abstract Number: 760 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diagnosing SLE Arthritis with Dynamic Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy
George Danias¹, Youngwan Kim², Alessandro Marone³, Kayla Neville¹, Andrea Frantz¹, Teja Kapoor⁴, Laura Geraldino-Pardilla¹, Ioannis Kymissis², Andreas Hielscher^2,3,5 and Anca Askanase¹, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁵Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: SLE arthritis is difficult to evaluate because of the sometimes-evanescent nature of the symptoms and limitations of physical exams and imaging studies. Dynamic diffuse…

All abstracts accepted to ACR Convergence are under media embargo once the ACR has notified presenters of their abstract’s acceptance. They may be presented at other meetings or published as manuscripts after this time but should not be discussed in non-scholarly venues or outlets. The following embargo policies are strictly enforced by the ACR.

Accepted abstracts are made available to the public online in advance of the meeting and are published in a special online supplement of our scientific journal, Arthritis & Rheumatology. Information contained in those abstracts may not be released until the abstracts appear online. In an exception to the media embargo, academic institutions, private organizations, and companies with products whose value may be influenced by information contained in an abstract may issue a press release to coincide with the availability of an ACR abstract on the ACR website. However, the ACR continues to require that information that goes beyond that contained in the abstract (e.g., discussion of the abstract done as part of editorial news coverage) is under media embargo until 10:00 AM CT on October 25. Journalists with access to embargoed information cannot release articles or editorial news coverage before this time. Editorial news coverage is considered original articles/videos developed by employed journalists to report facts, commentary, and subject matter expert quotes in a narrative form using a variety of sources (e.g., research, announcements, press releases, events, etc.).

Violation of this policy may result in the abstract being withdrawn from the meeting and other measures deemed appropriate. Authors are responsible for notifying colleagues, institutions, communications firms, and all other stakeholders related to the development or promotion of the abstract about this policy. If you have questions about the ACR abstract embargo policy, please contact ACR abstracts staff at [email protected].