Abstract Number: 152 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti-CCP Positive Patients without Clinical Synovitis Progress If Ultrasound Positive
Background/Purpose: To determine whether ultrasound can identify which anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibody positive patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms and without clinical synovitis progress to…Abstract Number: 160 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
When Compared with a Computerized System Both Experienced and in-Training Sonographers Have Difficulties to Select the Best Doppler Image from a Cine-Loop
Background/Purpose: Cine-loop analysis is an ultrasound technology that allows the acquisition of images in a digital form as a sequence of a determined frame number.…Abstract Number: 162 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonography Versus Clinical Examination in Early DMARD-Naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis – a Comparative Study of Synovitis on the Individual Joint Level
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography (US) is increasingly accepted as an important tool in diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, it is not well known to…Abstract Number: 175 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Correlating Semiquantitative Ultrasound Scores with Measured Synovial Thickness
Background/Purpose: In studies of rheumatoid arthritis using ultrasonography (US), findings of synovial thickening are often reported in semiquantitative scores. For synovial biopsies of small joints,…Abstract Number: 176 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Considerable Discrepancy Between Patient’s Assessment and Ultrasonography Assessment on the Most Affected Joint in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) is a useful tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is also helpful for promoting patient-clinician communication…Abstract Number: 190 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasound Imaging with Elastography for the Medical Treatment of Dupuytren’s Contracture
Background/Purpose: Dupuytren’s contracture is a rheumatic disease characterized by an fibrotic reaction in the palmar aponeurosis, resulting in disability. Medical treatment with up to 3…Abstract Number: 2126 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Utility of Digital Activity Fluorescence Optical Imaging in Quantifying Hand and Wrist Inflammation in Rheumatic Diseases
Background/Purpose The objective detection and quantification of disease activity in its earliest pathophysiological stage is critical for achieving optimal therapy results. Fluorescence optical imaging (FOI)…Abstract Number: 133 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
On-Demand Ultrasonography Assessment in the Most Affected Joint Is Efficient for Management of RA Patients in Daily Practice
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) is recognized as a useful tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although several sets of power Doppler…Abstract Number: 126 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic Ankle Joints in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A High Resolution B-Mode and Power Doppler Ultrasound Study
Background/Purpose: Despite a crucial role for RA patients’ mobility, the ankle joints are frequently clinically neglected, and omitted in activity scoring systems including DAS 28.…Abstract Number: 1970 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Utility Of Fluorescence Optical Imaging For Detecting Clinically Silent Synovitis Of The Hands and Wrists
Background/Purpose: The detection of subclinical synovial inflammation (“silent synovitis”) would be of critical importance for the detection of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in its earliest pathophysiological…Abstract Number: 1951 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Spring Ligament Window: A Unique Sonoanatomic View Into a Complex Rheumatoid Joint
Background/Purpose: The calcaneonavicular or spring ligament (SL) is a group of 3 stout non-elastic fibrocartilaginous bands in the medial mid-foot that is important in maintaining…Abstract Number: 1948 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Power Doppler Ultrasound 7-Joint Score Vs. Simplified Disease Activity Index In Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated With Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) falsely increases rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity clinical composite scores, such as the simplified disease activity index (SDAI), recently incorporated into ACR/EULAR…