ArticleSkeletal radiology2017
Osteitis: a retrospective feasibility study comparing single-source dual-energy CT to MRI in selected patients with suspected acute gout.
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- High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography for Bone Evaluation in Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of dual-energy CT for the detection of bone marrow oedema: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2018Pooled it
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- Computational and Imaging Approaches for Precision Characterization of Bone, Cartilage, and Synovial Biomolecules.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
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- Computed tomography-current status and future directions for arthritis imaging.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2024Review
- A Comparison of Dual-Energy CT with MRI in the Detection of Traumatic Bone Marrow Edema in Distal Extremity Bones.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2023Article
- Virtual Monochromatic Images from Dual-Energy Computed Tomography Do Not Improve the Detection of Synovitis in Hand Arthritis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Dual energy CT in musculoskeletal applications beyond crystal imaging: bone marrow maps and metal artifact reduction.Skeletal radiology · 2022Review
- Future of Low-Dose Computed Tomography and Dual-Energy Computed Tomography in Axial Spondyloarthritis.Current rheumatology reports · 2022Review
- Anatomical Joint Form Variation in Sacroiliac Joint Disease: Current Concepts and New Perspectives.Current rheumatology reports · 2021Review
- Radiation doses to the eye lenses of radiologic technologists who assist patients undergoing computed tomography.Radiological physics and technology · 2021Review
- Dual-energy CT collagen density mapping of wrist ligaments reveals tissue remodeling in CPPD patients: first results from a clinical cohort.Skeletal radiology · 2021Article
- Imaging of Joints and Bones in Autoinflammation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Dual-energy CT in the differentiation of crystal depositions of the wrist: does it have added value?Skeletal radiology · 2020Article
- MRI and ultrasound of the hands and wrists in rheumatoid arthritis. I. Imaging findings.Skeletal radiology · 2019Review
- Ultra-low-dose CT detects synovitis in patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2019Article
- Dual energy CT iodine map for delineating inflammation of inflammatory arthritis.European radiology · 2017Observational
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Abstract
objectiveDual-energy computed tomography detects tophi in patients with chronic gout. However, other information that can be obtained from the same scan is not the focus of the current research, e.g., the detection of bone marrow edema (BME) using virtual bone marrow imaging (VBMI). The aim of this study was to evaluate if BME in patients with acute arthritis can be detected with VBMI using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the standard of reference. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis retrospective study included 11 patients who underwent both MRI and dual-energy computed tomography (mean interval of 40 days). BME in MRI (standard of reference) and VBMI was judged independently by two different blinded readers. φ-correlation coefficient and Cohen's κ were performed for statistical analysis. Approval was waived by the IRB.
resultsTwo patients with a final diagnosis of RA and one with septic arthritis showed osteitis on MRI and VBMI. However, in each case, there were individual bones identified with osteitis on MRI but not VBMI. Three additional patients with the final diagnosis of RA were identified correctly as negative for BME. There was a good correlation between both modalities (φ = 0.8; κ = 0.8). Inter-rater reliability was excellent for both modalities (κ = 0.9).
conclusionsWe have shown that detecting osteitis using VBMI is feasible in patients with inflammatory arthritis. Further studies are needed on larger, more-targeted populations to better define the indications, accuracy, and added value of this technique.
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