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Accurate quantitative assessment of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis using pixel-by-pixel, time-intensity curve shape analysis

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Title: Accurate quantitative assessment of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis using pixel-by-pixel, time-intensity curve shape analysis
Authors: Sakashita, Taro Browse this author
Kamishima, Tamotsu Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Kobayashi, Yuto Browse this author
Sugimori, Hiroyuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Tang, Minghui Browse this author
Sutherland, Kenneth Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Noguchi, Atsushi Browse this author
Kono, Michihito Browse this author
Atsumi, Tatsuya Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Issue Date: May-2016
Publisher: British Institute of Radiology
Journal Title: British journal of radiology
Volume: 89
Issue: 1061
Start Page: 20151000
Publisher DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20151000
PMID: 26942294
Abstract: Objective: To improve on the reproducibility and sensitivity of the assessment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), two semi-automated measurement methods of the area of enhancing pannus (AEP), based on thresholding (AEP_THRES) and pixel-by-pixel time-intensity curve analysis (AEP_TIC), were evaluated as an alternative for the gold-standard manual contouring method (AEP_MANUAL). Methods: 8 patients (7 females and 1 male) with RA of the wrist or finger joints participated in the study. A three-dimensional contrast-enhanced dynamic sequence was used at 3 T. After identifying the most relevant time-intensity curve (TIC) shape in terms of synovitis by comparing with the synovitis score using the RA-MRI scoring system, three different approaches for measuring the AEP were performed. Spearman's test of rank correlation was used to compare AEPs via two semi-automated methods (AEP_THRES and AEP_TIC) against manual segmentation (AEP_MANUAL) in the entire hand region as well as the wrist and the finger regions. Results: The TIC shape of "washout after fast initial enhancement" had excellent correlation with synovitis score (r = 0.809). The correlation coefficient between AEP_TIC and AEP_MANUAL was evaluated to be better than that of AEP_THRES and AEP_MANUAL in the wrist region (AEP_THRES: r = 0.716, AEP_TIC: r = 0.815), whereas these were of comparable accuracy for the entire hand and the finger regions. Conclusion: This study suggests that TIC analysis may be an alternative to manual contouring for pannus quantification and provides important clinical information of the extent of the disease in patients with RA. Advances in knowledge: TIC shape analysis can be applied for new quantitative assessment for RA synovitis in the wrist.
Relation: http://www.birpublications.org/toc/bjr/current
Type: article (author version)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/65836
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Submitter: 神島 保

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