Abstracts tagged "Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)"

Abstract Number: 611 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impaired Diffusion Tensor Imaging Findings in the Corpus Callosum and Cingulum May Underlie Impaired Learning and Memory Abilities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Daphna Paran¹, Elissa Ash², Ira Litinsky¹, Valerie Aloush¹, Marina Anouk¹, Dan Caspi³, Talma Hendler⁴ and Irit Shapira-Lichter⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Ctr, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Neurology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Ctr, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Functional Brain Center, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Ctr, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Memory impairment is prevalent in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), however the pathogenesis is unknown. In a previous functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study we…
Abstract Number: 2538 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Fat Mass and Skeletal Muscle Mass with Clinical and Structural Knee Osteoarthritis: The Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity Study
A. Willemien Visser¹, Marieke Loef¹, Martin den Heijer², Monique Reijnierse³, Frits R. Rosendaal² and Margreet Kloppenburg⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Body mass index (BMI) is an important risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (OA), but BMI depends only upon height and weight and gives no…
Abstract Number: 1111 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Erosive Evolution in Hand Osteoarthritis Is Associated with Incident Joint Tenderness Independent of MRI-Defined Bone Marrow Lesions and Synovitis
Ida K. Haugen¹, Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen¹, Pernille Boyesen¹, Sølve Sesseng², Désirée van der Heijde³ and Tore K. Kvien⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Radiology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have shown no association between increased amount of radiographic hand osteoarthritis (OA) resulting in more hand pain/disabilities. In this longitudinal study, our…
Abstract Number: 571 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Description of Distribution of Active Inflammatory Lesions On Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Sacroiliac Joints and the Spine in Patients with Early Axial Spondyloarthritis – Analysis of the Esther Trial Baseline Data
In-Ho Song¹, Christian Althoff², Hildrun Haibel¹, Joachim Listing³, Anja Weiß⁴, Bruce Freundlich⁵, Martin Rudwaleit⁶ and Joachim Sieper⁷, ¹Medical Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ²Radiology, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany, ³German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁴German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Endokrinologikum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Medical Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Universitätesmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: To address the question whether active inflammation starts at specific sites of the sacroiliac joints (SI-joints) and/ or the spine. Methods: Wb-MRIs of…
Abstract Number: 2512 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Bone Marrow Lesion Volume Relate to Changes in Knee Pain. Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Jeffrey B. Driban¹, Lori Lyn Price², Grace H. Lo³, Jincheng Pang⁴, Eric Miller⁴, Charles Eaton⁵, John A. Lynch⁶ and Timothy E. McAlindon⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Biostatistics Research Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, ⁴Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, ⁵Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, ⁶Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Changes in bone marrow lesions (BMLs), common magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in osteoarthritis (OA), are predictive of OA progression. However, it is unclear…
Abstract Number: 1040 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combined High-Resolution Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Therapy Monitoring in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Philipp Sewerin¹, Christian Buchbender², Katalin Mattes-György³, Falk Miese², Hans-Jörg Wittsack², Christof Specker⁴, Gerald Antoch², Matthias Schneider⁵, Axel Scherer² and Ben Ostendorf¹, ¹Endocrinology, Diabetology and Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ²Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ³Nuclear Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany, ⁴Department of rheumatology and clinical immunology, Hospital Essen Sued, Essem, Germany, ⁵Endocrinology, Diabetology and Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
Background/Purpose: To evaluate whether combined multi-pinhole single photon emission computed tomography (MPH-SPECT) with technetium-99m-labelled disphosphonates (Tc99m-DPD) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detect changes in inflammation…
Abstract Number: 577 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI of the Spine for Detection of Bone Spurs and Ankylosis in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Does MRI Offer Any Advantages Over Radiography?
Susanne Juhl Pedersen¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Robert GW Lambert³ and Walter P. Maksymowych⁴, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Department of Rheumatology, Glostrup Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Radiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The current gold standard for detection of disease progression in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is conventional radiography. The most reliable method mSASSS includes the anterior…
Abstract Number: 2470 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does Structural Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis Measured with Magnetic Resonance Imaging or Radiography Predict Knee Replacement? – Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Felix Eckstein¹, C. Kent Kwoh², Robert M. Boudreau³, Zhijie Wang⁴, Michael J. Hannon⁴, Wolfgang Wirth¹, Ali Guermazi⁵, Frank Roemer⁶, Michael C. Nevitt⁷, Markus R. John⁸, Leena Sharma⁹, Jeffrey W. Duryea¹⁰, David J. Hunter¹¹ and Osteoarthritis Initiative Investigators¹², ¹Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, ²School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Radiology, Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁶Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, ⁷Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), San Francisco, CA, ⁸Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Dept of Radiology, Brigham & Women, Boston, MA, ¹¹Rheumatology, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, ¹²San Francisco
Background/Purpose: Imaging biomarkers that predict relevant clinical endpoints, such as knee replacement (KR), are valuable tools for knee osteoarthritis prognosis. Currently, measurement of minimum radiographic…
Abstract Number: 1045 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Wrist in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Methotrexate, Intra-Articular Glucocorticoid and Adalimumab/Placebo
Mette Bjørndal Axelsen¹, Merete L. Hetland², Kim Hørslev-Petersen³, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen⁴, Peter Junker⁵, Jan Pødenphant⁶, Jakob M. Møller⁷, Henning Bliddal⁸, Olga Kubassova⁹, Mikael Boesen¹⁰ and Mikkel Østergaard¹¹, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ²Copenhagen University Hospital Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Institute of Regional Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Graasten, Denmark, ⁴Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ⁵Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, ⁶Copenhagen University at Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark, ⁷Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital in Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital at Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹Image Analysis Ltd., Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹⁰The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹¹Dept of Rheumatology RM, Copenhagen University Hospital at Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: To validate parameters of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in an early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) clinical trial by comparison with clinical parameters of…
Abstract Number: 561 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Detection of Chronic Structural Changes in Sacroiliac Joints As Compared to Conventional X-Rays in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Inna Gaydukova², Hildrun Haibel¹, In-Ho Song¹ and Joachim Sieper¹, ¹Medical Department I, Rheumatology, Charité Medical University, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, ²Hospital Therapy, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russia
Background/Purpose: Conventional x-rays of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) remains the first imaging method in case of suspicion of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Moreover, a diagnosis of…

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