Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1954 • ACR Convergence 2025
Revolutionizing Microvascular Screening: AI-Powered Dermatoscopy for Efficient Nailfold Capillary Evaluation
Genessis Maldonado¹, Eduardo Ramos ibáñez², Borja del Carmelo Gracia Tello³ and Tracy Frech⁴, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, ²Capillary.io, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, ³Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ⁴Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Nailfold capillaroscopy plays a critical role in the diagnosis and management of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and related connective tissue diseases. However, access to capillaroscopy…
Abstract Number: 1751 • ACR Convergence 2025
Disease activity, inflammation, and older age are associated with quantitative interstitial abnormalities in early RA: Results from a multicenter, prospective cohort study
Gregory McDermott¹, Xiaosong Wang², Misti Paudel³, Ying Qi⁴, Emily Kowalski⁵, Grace Qian⁶, Liya Sisay Getachew⁵, Kevin Mueller⁶, Alene Saavedra⁶, Lauren O'Keeffe⁶, Natalie Davis¹, Alison Puri⁷, Kathleen Vanni⁶, Caleb Bolden⁸, Tina Mahajan⁹, Erica Mulcaire-Jones¹⁰, Neda Kortam¹¹, Pierre Antoine Juge¹², Tracy J. Doyle¹³, Marcy Bolster¹⁴, Kevin Deane¹⁵, Dinesh Khanna¹⁰, Bryant England⁹, Raul San Jose Estepar⁶, George Washko⁶ and Jeffrey Sparks⁵, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Natick, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, ⁷Boston University, Brookline, MA, ⁸Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ⁹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ¹²Hopital Bichat, APHP, Paris, France, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA, ¹⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ¹⁵University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) methods using machine learning have been developed to automatically quantify parenchymal lung features on chest CT imaging. QCT can detect…
Abstract Number: 1315 • ACR Convergence 2025
High-resolution thermography and Artificial Intelligence to evaluate and classify Rheumatoid Arthritis
Kale Mayor¹, Joey Mercier¹, Yuxi Long², David Robinson¹, Pingzhao Hu², Hani El-Gabalawy¹ and Liam O'Neil¹, ¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²Western University, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune polyarthritis that typically affects the small joints of the hands and feet. While imaging modalities such as ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 0598 • ACR Convergence 2025
Study of Long Term HCQ Safety on Cardiac Muscle Function in Patients with SLE and other Rheumatic Diseases
Jaspreet Bhatti¹, Kyu-In Lee², Nirali Sanghavi³, Stephen Zak⁴, Julia Ash⁵, James Miceli⁶, Kirk Sperber⁴, Stephen Pan⁷ and Amy Wasserman⁸, ¹Westchester Medical Center, Hopewell Junction, NY, ²Westchester Medical Center, Fort Lee, NJ, ³Westchester Medical Center, White Plains, NY, ⁴New York Medical College, Valhalla, ⁵Westchester Medical center, Dobbs Ferry, NY, ⁶Westchester Medical Center, Hawthorne, NY, ⁷Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, ⁸New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center, Armonk, NY
Background/Purpose: HCQ induced cardiomyopathy leading to heart failure is a rare but serious potential treatment complication. Currently there are no screening guidelines for detecting HCQ…
Abstract Number: 0252 • ACR Convergence 2025
Capillaroscopic Signatures in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: Unveiling Patterns in Systemic Sclerosis, Polyautoimmunity, and PAH
María Paula Carrillo¹, Juan Esteban Bedoya-Loaiza¹, Claudia Ibáñez-Antequera¹, Laura Gallego¹, Alejandro Escobar¹, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga² and Jairo Cajamarca-Baron³, ¹Fundacion universitaria de ciencias de la salud, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ²Fundacion Universitaria de Ciencias de la salud, Bogotá, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia, ³Fundacion universitaria de ciencia de la Salud, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
Background/Purpose: Nailfold capillaroscopy is a fundamental tool in rheumatology for assessing capillary morphology, allowing the differentiation between primary and secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon, identifying risks associated…
Abstract Number: 2637 • ACR Convergence 2025
Initial Phospholipid Transferase Activity Is Predictive of Five-Year Sacroiliac Radiographic Progression in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Findings From the DESIR Cohort
Frank Verhoeven¹, Olivier Fakih¹, Sophie Hecquet², anne tournadre³, jean Paul Pais de Barros⁴, Céline Delougeot⁵, Clément Prati¹ and WENDLING Daniel¹, ¹CHU de Besançon, Besançon, Franche-Comte, France, ²Rheumatology department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ³CHU Clermont ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁴Labex lipstick, Dijon, France, ⁵université Marie et Louis Pasteur, Besancon
Background/Purpose: The pathophysiology of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) involves the gut-joint axis. Recent studies suggest more active disease in cases of gut involvement.The objective of this…
Abstract Number: 2145 • ACR Convergence 2025
EOS® Imaging System Is a Novel, Rapid, Safe, and Effective Technique To Detect And Assess Calcinosis In JDM
Jessica Perfetto¹, Ciara Maguire², Carli Needle³, Shailee Lala⁴, Vikash Oza² and Philip Kahn⁵, ¹Pediatric Rheumatology, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, New York, ²Pediatric Dermatology, Ronald O Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, ³NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, ⁴Department of Radiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, ⁵Pediatric Rheumatology, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, New York
Background/Purpose: Calcinosis, reported in up to 47% of children with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), can cause significant morbidity, including ulceration, infection, and contractures. Given associations of…
Abstract Number: 1952 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dermatoscopy Limitation and the Critical Role of Capillaroscopy in Systemic Sclerosis and Raynaud’s Phenomenon among African American Veterans
Genessis Maldonado¹, Maurizio Cutolo², Tracy Frech¹, Mislav Radic³, Marcus Snow⁴ and Vanessa Smith⁵, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²University of Genova, Genova, Italy, ³University Hospital Split, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Split, Croatia, Split, Croatia, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) is an essential tool for evaluating microvascular abnormalities in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) in United States (U.S.) Veterans (1). While…
Abstract Number: 1713 • ACR Convergence 2025
Diagnostic Delay in Psoriatic Arthritis and its Impact on Radiological Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 23,894 Patients
Mohamed Abdelsalam¹, Menat Alla Ayman Ali Mahdy², Maryam Lasheen³, Hadeer Hafez⁴, Nourhan Abouelella⁵, Abdelhfeez Moshrif⁶ and Mohamed Reda Awad⁷, ¹Misr University For Science and Technology, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ²Misr University For Science and Technology, Nasr City, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ³Misr University For Science and Technology, Helwan, Al Qahirah, Egypt, ⁴⁶th October University, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ⁵Faculty of Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology, ⁶ october, Al Jizah, Egypt, ⁶Al Azhar University, Asyut, Egypt, assyut, Asyut, Egypt, ⁷Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) remains widely underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed worldwide, leading to delays in appropriate management and increased disease burden. While diagnostic delay has been…
Abstract Number: 1304 • ACR Convergence 2025
The role of PET/CT in evaluating rheumatologic conditions in children with fever of unknown origin – a multicenter study
Neta Berlak¹, Lydia Christodoulou², Gil Amarilyo³, Oded Scheuerman⁴, Irit Tirosh⁵, Eyal Kristal⁶, Ester Forer⁷, Amit Carmi⁸, Alon Kalter⁹ and Yoel Levinsky¹⁰, ¹Schneider children's medical center of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Tel Hashomer, Periatric rheumatology unit, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Kibbutz Maggal, Israel, ⁴schneider children's meidcal center of Israel, Petah tikva, Israel, ⁵Tel Aviv universty, Ramat Gan, Israel, ⁶Soroka medical center Beer Sheva, Beer Sheva, Israel, ⁷Soroka medical center, Beer Sheva, Israel, ⁸Schneider children's meidcal center of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁹Schneider children's medical center of ISrael, Petah Tikva, Israel, ¹⁰Schneider Children's Medical Cenetr of Israel, Tel Aviv University, JERUSALEM, Israel
Background/Purpose: Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) is a relatively common clinical challenge that is frequently referred for evaluation by pediatric rheumatologists. In many cases, it…
Abstract Number: 0880 • ACR Convergence 2025
Detecting Interstitial Lung Disease and Identifying Extensive Disease on Chest Computed Tomography in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Cut-Offs for Lung Texture Analysis and its Prognostic Implications
Nicholas landini¹, lisa Jungblut², cecilia strappa³, Christian Blüthgen², Rucsandra Dobrota⁴, Muriel Elhai⁵, Carina Mihai⁶, Sinziana Muraru-Carbune², Martina Orlandi⁷, mariaelena Occhipinti⁸, Khadija El-Aoufy⁹, Gemma Lepri¹⁰, valeria panebianco¹¹, anna rita larici³, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹², Cosimo Nardi¹³, Serena Guiducci¹⁴, Silvia Bellando-Randone¹⁵, Marco Matucci-Cerinic¹⁶, Thomas Frauenfelder², Oliver Distler¹⁷ and Cosimo Bruni¹⁸, ¹Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, "Sapienza" University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy. Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Rueil Malmaison, France, ²Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, zurich, Switzerland, ³Advanced Radiology Center, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Oncological Radiotherapy, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy, rome, Italy, ⁴Center of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, the LOOP Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁶University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia School of Medicine, Italy., modena, Italy, ⁸Division of Radiology, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy., pisa, Italy, ⁹Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy., firenze, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Division of Rheumatology Scleroderma Unit, AOU Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy., Florence, Italy, ¹¹Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, "Sapienza" University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy., Rome, Italy, ¹²Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹³Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Radiodiagnostic Unit n. ², University of Florence - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy, ¹⁴Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Scleroderma Unit, Division of Rheumatology, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy, Pistoia, Italy, ¹⁵University of Florence, Florence, Florence, Italy, ¹⁶University San Raffaele Milano, Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁸University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a leading cause of death in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), especially in case of extensive disease detected on…
Abstract Number: 0249 • ACR Convergence 2025
Obesity as a possible confusion factor in the scleroderma pattern
Eva Álvarez Andrés¹, Marta Novella-Navarro², Paloma García de la Peña Lefebvre³, Eugenio de Miguel² and Paz Collado Ramos⁴, ¹Hospital Severo Ochoa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ³Facultad ciencias de la Salud HM de la UCJC, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain,, MADRID, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: The 2023 EULAR criteria for systemic sclerosis reaffirm the diagnostic value of nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC), particularly the presence of giant capillaries and capillary loss…
Abstract Number: 2635 • ACR Convergence 2025
Differences in structural lesions of the spine between patients with early axSpA and non-axSpA chronic back pain: 2-year results of the SPACE Cohort
Gizem Ayan¹, Liese de Bruin², Miranda van Lunteren², Manouk de Hooge³, Ana Bento da Silva², Mary Lucy Marques⁴, Monique Reijnierse⁵, Victoria Navarro-Compan⁶, Marleen van de sande⁷, Inger Jorid Berg⁸, Roberta Ramonda⁹, Sofia Exarchou¹⁰, Désirée Van Der Heijde², Floris A. van Gaalen² and Sofia Ramiro¹¹, ¹Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ²Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; and Coimbra Local Health Unit, Coimbra, Portugal, ⁵Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷The Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁸Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁹Rheumatology Unit-DIMED-University of Padova ITALY, Padova, Padua, Italy, ¹⁰Lund University, Åkarp, Skane Lan, Sweden, ¹¹Leiden University Medical Center, Bunde, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The difference in spinal structural lesions and their progression over time between chronic back pain (CBP) patients with and without early axSpA is unknown.…
Abstract Number: 2106 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and Characteristics of Morphometric Vertebral Fractures in the Spanish Population: Data from the OsteoSER Study
Carmen Gomez Vaquero¹, Montserrat Roig Kim², Jordi Fiter Areste³, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro⁴, Luis María Jiménez Liñán⁵, Miguel Bernad⁶, Antonio Álvarez-Cienfuegos⁷, Blanca Correa⁸, Antonio Pascual-Vergara⁹, Alejandra Montero Costa¹⁰, Cristina Momblan Trejo¹¹, Manuel Jiménez Rodríguez¹², María Anadón González¹³, Sara Josefina Barcat Zarate¹⁴, Sara Alvar Pariente¹⁵, Cristina Ruiz Pavón¹⁶, Pedro J. Lacalle Chanivet¹⁷, Balbina Marín de Prada¹⁸, Soledad García Frías¹⁹, Francisco Javier Maestro Saavedra²⁰, Marta Poch i Mora²¹, José Luis Gea González²², Carlota Quiroga Fernández²³, Eduardo Acevedo Martel²⁴ and Enrique González-Dávila²⁵, ¹Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, ⁰⁸⁹⁰⁷ L'Hospitalet, Spain, ²Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ⁴Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Don Benito-Villanueva, Don Benito, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Vega Baja, Orihuela, Spain, ⁸Clínica Sanz y Correa, A Coruña, Spain, ⁹Centro de Salud Ronda-Norte y Ronda-Sur, Ronda, Spain, ¹⁰Centro de Salud Fuencarral, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Centro de Atención Primaria Viladecans Montbaig, Sant Climent de Llobregat, Spain, ¹²Centro de Salud Don Benito Oeste, Don Benito, Spain, ¹³Consultorio de Pedrezuela, Pedrezuela, Spain, ¹⁴Centro de Salud Orihuela ¹-El Rabaloche, Orihuela, Spain, ¹⁵Centro de Salud Malpica, Malpica, Spain, ¹⁶Centro de Salud Ronda-Norte, Ronda, Spain, ¹⁷Centro de Salud de Santa Amalia, Santa Amalia, Spain, ¹⁸Centro de Atención Primaria Ramona Via i Pros, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain, ¹⁹Centro de Salud de Cortes de la Frontera, Cortes de la Frontera, Spain, ²⁰Centro de Salud Elviña Mesoiro, A Coruña, Spain, ²¹Centro de Atención Primaria CAP ¹⁷ de Setembre, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain, ²²Centro de Salud de Benejúzar, Benezujar, Spain, ²³Centro de Salud Os Mallos, A Coruña, Spain, ²⁴Centro de Salud Ronda-Sur Santa Bárbara, Ronda, Spain, ²⁵Departamento de Matemáticas. Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Background/Purpose: Most vertebral fractures (VFs) are asymptomatic. Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA) using DXA is a low-radiation method to detect morphometric vertebral fractures (MVFs). This study…
Abstract Number: 1953 • ACR Convergence 2025
Machine Learning-Based Classification of Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Autoimmune Diseases in Indeterminate Capillaroscopic Patterns
Genessis Maldonado¹, Adela Marin Ballve², Luis Sáez Comet³, Mayka Freire Dapena⁴, Miguel Antonio Mesa⁵, Miguel Martín Cascón⁶, Gema María Lledó Ibáñez⁷, Elena Martínez Robles⁸, Begoña Marí-Alfonso⁹, Alfredo Guillén del Castillo¹⁰, Carmen Pilar Simeón Aznar¹⁰, Borja del Carmelo Gracia Tello², Eduardo Ramos ibáñez¹¹ and Tracy Frech¹², ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, ²Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet; Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, ⁴Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain, ⁵Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia, ⁶Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain, ⁷Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario Parc Taulí, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario Vall D´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ¹¹Capillary.io, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, ¹²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly been integrated into the analysis of nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC), offering new opportunities to automate image interpretation and enhance diagnostic…

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