Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

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: 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: 1941 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Imaging Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation In RA: Methodology and Initial Findings In a Single Centre Cohort
Sarah Skeoch¹, Penny Hubbard², Heather Williams^3,4, Dongxiang Xu⁵, Sun Jie⁵, Niranjan Balu⁵, Wei Zhang⁵, Jacqueline James³, Thomas Hatsukami⁵, Chun Yuan⁵, M. Yvonne Alexander⁶, Paul Hockings⁷, John Waterton^4,8 and Ian N. Bruce⁹, ¹Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology and NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Imaging Sciences Biomedical Imaging Institute Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PT United Kingdom, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Department of Nuclear Medicine, Central Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Centre for Imaging Sciences Biomedical Imaging Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Vascular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Healthcare Science Research Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Healthcare Science Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷Drug Safety and Metabolism, Astra Zeneca, Mölndal, Sweden, ⁸R&D Personalised Healthcare & Biomarkers, Astra Zeneca, MACCLESFIELD, United Kingdom, ⁹Kellgren Centre for Rheumatology, Central Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Chronic inflammation in RA may contribute to an unstable atherosclerotic plaque phenotype. Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE MRI) can be used to image carotid…
Abstract Number: 1586 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Defining Hand Arthritis In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, From An Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Antibody Status Perspective
Elisabeth M.A Ball¹, Arthur Grey², Ai Lyn Tan³, Eiji Fukuba⁴, Gunter Steiner⁵, Dennis McGonagle⁶, Aubrey Bell⁷ and Madeleine Rooney⁸, ¹Rheumatology, Queens' University/Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Radiology, Shimane University, Izuma, Japan, ⁵Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁶NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom, ⁸Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is common but poorly characterised with only a few Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or ultrasound (US) studies…
Abstract Number: 1532 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-Tumor Necrosis Fator Therapy Is Associated With Resolution Of Erosion In The Sacroiliac Joints Of Patients With Spondyloarthritis
Susanne Juhl Pedersen¹, Stephanie Wichuk², Praveena Chiowchanwisawakit³, Robert GW Lambert⁴ and Walter P. Maksymowych², ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁴Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Radiography of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) in spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a valuable diagnostic tool but is unreliable and unresponsive for assessment of treatment effects.…
Abstract Number: 1361 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Stringent Therapies Improve Clinical, Radiographic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Outcome In Early-Stage Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients From Japanese Population: Longitudinal Study From Nagasaki Early Arthritis Cohort
Mami Tamai^1,2, Yoshikazu Nakashima³, Junko Kita⁴, Ayuko Takatani⁴, Ayako Nishino³, Takahisa Suzuki³, Yoshiro Horai³, Akitomo Okada⁵, Shin-ya Kawashiri^3,6, Naoki Iwamoto³, Kunihiro Ichinose³, Kazuhiko Arima⁶, Hideki Nakamura³, Tomoki Origuchi⁷, Masataka Uetani⁸, Katsumi Eguchi⁹ and Atsushi Kawakami³, ¹Center for Health & Community Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁷Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁸Department of Radiology and Radiation Research, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁹Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Prognosis of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) nowadays is supposed to become better by treat-to-target (T2T) strategy. Osteitis determined by magnetic resonance imaging…
Abstract Number: 1132 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity To Change Of Radiographic Fixed-Location and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Cartilage Thickness Measures In The Lateral Compartment Of Knees With Radiographic Osteoarthritis – Data From The Osteoarthritis Initiative
Wolfgang Wirth¹, Jeffrey W. Duryea², Michael C. Nevitt³, Robert J. Buck⁴, David Hunter⁵ and Felix Eckstein¹, ¹Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, ²Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), San Francisco, CA, ⁴StatAnswers Consulting, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, Australia
Background/Purpose: Radiographic joint space width (JSW) is frequently employed to indirectly assess structural progression in the medial femorotibial compartment, but it is unclear whether assessment…
Abstract Number: 1116 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Prospective Evaluation Of The Diagnostic Value Of Conventional Radiography, Ultrasound and MRI In Comparison To Clinical Examination For The Assessment Of Heel and Knee Enthesitis In Patients With Peripheral Spondyloarthritis and Controls
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Uta Kiltz², Frank Heldmann³, Heiner Appel⁴, Friedrich Dybowski⁵, Manfred Igelmann⁶, Ludwig H. Kalthoff⁷, Claudia Klink⁸, Dietmar MJ Krause⁹, Ertan Saracbasi³, Elmar Schmitz-Bortz¹⁰ and Jürgen Braun³, ¹Rheumatology, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumatology and Nephrology Practice, Hamm, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology Practice, Herne, Germany, ⁶Private Rheumatology office, Bochum, Germany, ⁷Private rheumatology office, Herne, Germany, ⁸Private rheumatology office, Gladbeck, Germany, ⁹Internistische und rheumatologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Gladbeck, Germany, ¹⁰Rheumatology practice, Hattingen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Spondyloarthritides (SpA) are characterized by inflammatory and structural changes in the axial skeleton and in peripheral joints and entheses. Imaging has an essential role…
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: 2142 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Proven Osteitis At Baseline Predicts the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Will Develop Rapid Radiographic Progression: MRI Is Beneficial to Find the Window of Opportunity in Early RA
Mami Tamai¹, Yoshikazu Nakashima², Takahisa Suzuki³, Yoshiro Horai², Akitomo Okada⁴, Junko Kita⁴, Shin-ya Kawashiri², Naoki Iwamoto⁴, Kunihiro Ichinose⁵, Kazuhiko Arima⁴, Hideki Nakamura¹, Tomoki Origuchi⁶, Masataka Uetani⁷, Kiyoshi Aoyagi⁸, Katsumi Eguchi⁹ and Atsushi Kawakami², ¹Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ³Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁵Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁶Department of Health Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁷Department of Radiology and Radiation Research, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁸Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁹Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Background/Purpose: Window of opportunity exists in the earlier phase of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), thus, early recognition of the RA patients who will develop rapid radiographic…
Abstract Number: 1026 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psoriatic Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis: Inflammation Assessed by “Head to Toe” Wholebody Magnetic Resonance Imaging – A Comparison with Clinical Joint Examination
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: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) is associated with a varied pattern of axial and peripheral inflammation. Wholebody magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) is a…
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: 2100 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relative, Reliability-Adjusted Diagnostic Test Accuracy of Erosion Detection Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Radiography in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ruben Tavares¹, Naveen Parasu², Karen Finlay², Erik Jurriaans², Hao Wu¹, Karen A. Beattie³, Maggie Larche⁴, Lawrence E. Hart⁵, William G. Bensen⁶, Raja S. Bobba⁴, Alfred A. Cividino³, Colin E. Webber⁷, Jean-Eric Tarride⁸ and Jonathan D. Adachi⁹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Radiology, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵Medicine (Rheumatology), St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁸Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CE&B) and Economics, Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁹St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), erosion detection on radiography (X-ray) compared to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is characterized by low sensitivity and high specificity. This…

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