Abstracts tagged "MRI"

Abstract Number: 241 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploratory Factor Analysis Of a Parsimonious Medial Cartilage Damage Index Reveals One Factor Associated With Radiographic Severity and Symptoms: Data From The Osteoarthritis Initiative
Grace H. Lo¹, Lori Lyn Price^2,3, Ming Zhang⁴, Jeffrey B. Driban⁵, Daniel Harper⁴ and Timothy E. McAlindon⁶, ¹VA 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, ²Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Biostatistics Research Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumotology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁵Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The cartilage damage index (CDI) is a parsimonious method of measuring articular cartilage approximating regional cartilage volume based on 18 locations within the knee,…
Abstract Number: 1800 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Persistent Fatty Lesions In The Vertebrae In Ankylosing Spondylitis Favor Subsequent New Syndesmophytes: Imaging Results Of a Phase III, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study
Kay-Geert A. Hermann¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Jürgen Braun³, Stephen Xu⁴ and Benjamin Hsu⁴, ¹Radiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany, ²Rheumatology, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁴Janssen Research & Development, LLC., Spring House, PA
Background/Purpose: In ankylosing spondylitis (AS), it is hypothesized that stepwise pathologic changes in the spine begin with active inflammation, then fatty degeneration (Fat), leading to…
Abstract Number: 221 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Detection Of Cerebral Microvascular Lesions In Patients With Acute Phase Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus By 7Tesla MRI
Nobuhito Sasaki¹, Okinori Murata¹, Yukari Ninomiya¹, Yuka Oikawa¹, Hitoshi Kobayashi¹, Kohei Yamauchi¹, Makoto Sasaki², Takashi Sawai³ and Yutaka Nakamura¹, ¹Division of Pulmonary medicine, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan, ²Division of Ultrahigh Field MRI, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan, ³Department of Pathology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
Background/Purpose: The cerebral microvascular lesions of patients with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) have not been fully elucidated. The 7Tesla MR scanner has high image…
Abstract Number: 1041 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging – A New Diagnostic Tool in the Assessment of Activity in Juvenile Dermatomyositis Patients?
Tania Monteiro de Castro¹, Henrique Lederman¹, Maria Teresa Terreri², Wanda I. Caldana¹, Edmar Zanoteli³ and Maria Odete Hilario¹, ¹Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Universidade Federal de São Paulo/UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, ³University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare autoimmune disorder, but remains the most commonly chronic inflammatory myopathy among children. A redefinition of the diagnostic criteria…

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