Abstract Number: 307 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tenosynovitis on MRI of Bilateral Hands and Its Concordance with Joint Swelling/Tenderness in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The updated recommendations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scoring (RAMRIS) System in 2017 firstly recommended tenosynovitis with a standard score. However, there is…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
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: 1998 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Value of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI and Delayed Gadolinium Enhanced MRI of the Cartilage in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Leads Local Hyperperfusion to Cartilage Loss?
Background/Purpose: To investigate the local inflammatory activity by using dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cartilage biochemical composition of the metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) digits 2…Abstract Number: 934 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Joint Space Narrowing Is an Independent Predictor of Radiographic and MRI Damage Progression in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) osteitis and synovitis have been identified as predictors of structural damage progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)1,2, but the predictive value…Abstract Number: 1038 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Functional Disability in Patients Presenting with Clinically Suspect Arthralgia and Progression to Clinical Arthritis
Background/Purpose: A phase of arthralgia precedes the emergence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown if patients have functional limitations in this phase. We assessed…Abstract Number: 1305 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Enriching Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial Cohorts with Erosion Progressors By Screening for Active Erosions (Erosions with Osteitis) with MRI
Background/Purpose: Radiography is often used in RA clinical trials to screen for bone erosions (ERO) to ensure that only patients with the erosive phenotype are…Abstract Number: 1308 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
MRI of Bilateral Hands Prevents Clinicians from Failing to Detect Joint Damage of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared to Scanning Unilateral Hand
Background/Purpose: Almost all previous clinical trials investigating the drug efficacy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on the outcome of MRI were based on scans…Abstract Number: 1311 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of a Non Biologic Treat-to-Target Strategy on MRI-Determined Inflammatory and Destructive Changes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis – Results from a 2-Year Investigator-Initiated Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Background/Purpose: MRI has proved to be more sensitive than clinical examination and x-ray for detection of inflammatory and destructive joint changes in early rheumatoid arthritis…Abstract Number: 429 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Investigation of MRI Bone Changes in Early-Stage RA Patients Achieved in Sustained Clinical Good Response: Sub-Analysis from Nagasaki University Early Arthritis Cohort
Background/Purpose Given the improved detection of joint injury by MRI than by clinical examination, EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in…