Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 1127 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Semiquantitative MRI Features Of Knee Osteoarthritis Show Compartment-Specific Relationships With Quantitative Cartilage Thickness Loss: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Ali Guermazi¹, Felix Eckstein², Daichi Hayashi³, Frank Roemer⁴, Wolfgang Wirth², Tianzhong Yang⁵, Jingbo Niu⁶, Leena Sharma⁷, Michael C. Nevitt⁸, Cora E. Lewis⁹, James Torner¹⁰ and David T. Felson¹¹, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, ³Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁶Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁷Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁸Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), San Francisco, CA, ⁹Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa City, IA, ¹¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Structural progression of knee OA has been associated with several radiographic and MRI-measured pathological features of OA, including malalignment, meniscal pathology and bone marrow…
Abstract Number: 1131 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Peri-Articular Fractal Signature Analysis and Bone Mineral Density Measure Different Aspects Of Bone: Cross-Sectional Data From The Osteoarthritis Initiative
Jeffrey B. Driban¹, Felix Liu², Alina O'Brien³, Lori Lyn Price⁴, Grace H. Lo⁵, Michael C. Nevitt⁶, Charles Eaton⁷, Timothy E. McAlindon⁸ and John A. Lynch⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Biostatistics Research Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵VA HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety; Medical Care Line and Research Care Line; Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ⁶Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), San Francisco, CA, ⁷Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁹Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Peri-articular fractal signature analysis (FSA) and bone mineral density (paBMD) are potentially cost-effective prognostic imaging markers for osteoarthritis (OA) progression. While we know that…
Abstract Number: 829 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is The Severity Of Knee Osteoarthritis On MRI Associated With Outcome Of Exercise Therapy?
Jesper Knoop¹, Joost Dekker², Marike van der Leeden^3,4, Martin van der Esch⁴, J.P. Klein⁵, David J. Hunter⁶, Leo D. Roorda⁴, Martijn P.M. Steultjens⁷ and Willem F. Lems⁸, ¹Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center, Reade, centre for rehabilitation and rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Rehabilitation Medicine, Psychiatry and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Rehabilitation Medicine/EMGO, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center | Reade, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ⁷Institute for Applied Health Research and School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, ⁸Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To evaluate associations between severity of knee osteoarthritis (OA) on MRI and treatment outcome in knee OA patients treated with exercise therapy. Methods: Ninety-five…
Abstract Number: 359 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tocilizumab Treatment Increases Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Decreases Left Ventricular Mass Index In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Without Cardiac Symptoms : Assessment By Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging At 3.0 Tesla
Hitomi Kobayashi^1,2, Isamu Yokoe³, Hiroshi Sato², Yasuyuki Kobayashi⁴, Kihei Yoneyama⁵, Masaharu Hirano⁶ and Masami Takei⁷, ¹Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Rheumatology, Itabashi Chuo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ³Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Radiology, St.Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁵Cardiology, St.Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, ⁶Cardiology, Tokyo Medical Colleage, Tokyo, Japan, ⁷Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, NIhon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may result, at least in part, from inflammation that may be regional and global. Therefore, therapies…
Abstract Number: 151 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The mtDNA Haplogroups Influence The Cartilage Integrity In Osteoarthritis. Data From The Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
Ignacio Rego-Pérez¹, Angel Soto-Hermida², Mercedes Fernández-Moreno², Sonia Pértega-Díaz³, Juan Fernández-Tajes², María Eugenia Vázquez-Mosquera², Estefanía Cortés-Pereira², Sara Relaño-Fernández², Natividad Oreiro-Villar², Carlos Fernández-López² and Francisco J. Blanco^4,5,6, ¹Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ²INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña. Rheumatology Division. Genomic Group, A Coruña, Spain, ³Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Osteoarticular and Aging Res. Lab. CIBER-BBN. INIBIC- University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁵Proteo-Red/ISCIII, Madrid, Spain, ⁶CIBER-BBN-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is ideally suited for detect structural changes and degradation in cartilage against the limitations of radiographic common methods. Changes in…
Abstract Number: 82 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anatomical Variation In The Morphology Of The Posterior Cruciate Ligament Synovio-Entheseal Complex and Correlation With Degenerative Change
Daniel Binks¹, Diane Bergin², Tony Freemont³, Aleksandra Radjenovic¹ and Dennis McGonagle⁴, ¹NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Radiology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ³School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Ligament attachments are often found to form complex anatomical functional units involving the ligaments themselves as well as associated synovium and bony tuberosities. Furthermore,…
Abstract Number: 2839 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects Of Treatment On Spinal Fat Lesions As Assessed By MRI With The Fat Spondyloarthritis Spine Score
Susanne Juhl Pedersen¹, Zheng Zhao², Stephanie Wichuk³, Robert GW Lambert⁴ and Walter P. Maksymowych³, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology, University of Alberta and PLA General Hospital, Beijing, PR China, Beijing, AB, China, ³Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Fat lesions develop after resolution of inflammation in the spine (1), and have also been shown to predict development of new syndesmophytes (2). Consequently,…
Abstract Number: 65 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Frequency Of Bone Marrow Oedema Adjacent To The Cruciate Ligament Peri-Entheseal Vascular Channels In Inflammatory and Degenerative Arthritis
Daniel Binks^1,2, Melissa Matzelle³, Diane Bergin⁴, Richard J. Hodgson^2,5, Ai Lyn Tan^1,2, Ellen M. Gravallese⁶, Dennis McGonagle^1,2,7 and Aleksandra Radjenovic^1,2, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Radiology, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, ⁵NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, ⁷Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: We noted in mouse models of inflammatory arthritis (IA) that an early point of entry of inflammation into the marrow space occurred at sites…
Abstract Number: 2805 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Explant Inflammatory Mediator Production Is Associated With Synovitis While Not With Bone Marrow Edema In Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross Sectional Study
Martin Andersen¹, Mikael Boesen², Karen Ellegaard¹, Robin Christensen³, Kalle Söderström⁴, Søren Torp-Pedersen¹, Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe¹, Else Marie Bartels⁵, Nina Vendel⁶, Niels H. Søe⁷, Pieter Spee⁸, Ulrik GW Mørch⁹, Lars Karlsson⁴ and Henning Bliddal¹⁰, ¹Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ²Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, Frederiskberg, Denmark, ³Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁴Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Novo Nordisk, Translational Immunology, Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Måløv, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, Måløv, Denmark, ⁵Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital,Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ⁶Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Operations, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁷Department of Orthopedics, Section of Hand Surgery, Gentofte University Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Section of Hand Surgery, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁸Biopharmaceutical Research Unit Novo Nordisk, Translational Immunology, Biopharmaceutical Research Unit, Måløv, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, Måløv, Denmark, ⁹Biomarkers, Søborg, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, Biomarkers, Søborg, Novo Nordisk, Denmark, Søborg, Denmark, ¹⁰The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Synovitis and bone damage may represent two distinct but overlapping pathological processes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whereas the bulk of synovial cells contribute to…
Abstract Number: 2692 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evidence That Fat Metaplasia Is a Key Intermediary In The Development Of Sacroiliac Joint Ankylosis Following Repair Of Erosions In Patients With Spondyloarthritis
Walter P. Maksymowych¹, Stephanie Wichuk¹, Praveena Chiowchanwisawakit², Robert GW Lambert³ and Susanne Juhl Pedersen⁴, ¹Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ³Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Fat metaplasia is detected as bright signal on T1W MRI and has been shown to develop after resolution of inflammation in spine and sacroiliac…
Abstract Number: 1952 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Value Of An Automated Ultrasound System In The Detection Of Synovitis
Ruediger Mueller¹, Mathias Gruenke², Joerg Wendler³, Florian Schuch³, Karina Hofmann-Preiss⁴, Ina Boettger⁴, Ruediger Jakobs⁵, Hendrik Schulze-Koops⁶ and Johannes von Kempis¹, ¹Rheumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ²Division of Rheumatoloy, Medizinische Klinik IV, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ³Schwerpunktpraxis Rheumatologie, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Institut für bildgebende Diagnostik und Therapie, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Background/Purpose: The detection of joint swelling caused by synovitis is important for the diagnosis and assessment of inflammatory arthritis. Ultrasound (US) and MRI have proven…
Abstract Number: 299 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reduction of Cerebral and Corpus Callosum Volumes in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. A Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis
Aline T. Lapa¹, Wesley G. Ferreira¹, Mariana Postal¹, Nailu A. Sinicato¹, Roberto Marini², Fernando Cendes³ and Simone Appenzeller⁴, ¹Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ²State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ³Neurology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁴Medicine, Faculty of Medical Science, State University of Campinas Unicamp, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Cerebral atrophy has been described to occur in SLE with variable frequency. Aging, systemic diseases, corticosteroid use and central nervous system (CNS) involvement may…
Abstract Number: 1034 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changing Osteoarthritis Treatment Assessment Paradigms: Subchondral Bone Is a More Responsive Measure of Progression Than the Current Radiographic Standard
Michael A. Bowes¹, Christopher B. Wolstenholme¹, Devan Hopkinson¹, Graham R. Vincent¹ and Philip G. Conaghan², ¹Imorphics Ltd, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Radiographic joint space width (JSW) assessment, a surrogate for cartilage assessment, is the standard for structure modification trials of osteoarthritis (OA). However the subchondral…
Abstract Number: 1616 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Conventional and Wholebody Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Assessing Inflammation and Structural Damage in Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis
René Panduro Poggenborg¹, Susanne Juhl Pedersen², Iris Eshed³, Inge Juul Sørensen⁴, Ole Rintek Madsen⁵, J.M. Møller⁶ and Mikkel Østergaard⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital in Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Department of Radiology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital in Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁶Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital in Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Wholebody magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) is a new imaging modality where patients are scanned from “head to toe” in one single scan, but with…
Abstract Number: 273 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Prevalence of Periarticular Lesions On Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Its Relation to Knee Pain in the Community Residents in Korea
In Je Kim¹, Kyeong Min Son², DH Kim³, Yeong Wook Song⁴, Ali Guermazi⁵ and Hyun Ah Kim⁶, ¹Internal Medicine, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym university Chunchun sacred heart hospital, Chunchun, South Korea, ³Preventive Medicine, Chunchon, South Korea, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁶Department of internal medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Kyunggi, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of periarticular lesions detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and its association with…