[PDF] Top 20 Diagnostic Value of High Resolution MR Imaging in Giant Cell Arteritis

... When interpreting the presented data, a certain referral bias has to be taken into account: referral by experienced rheu- matologists, ophthalmologists, or neurologists may lead to a high pretest probability for ... See full document

... terms: giant cell arteritis, temporal arteritis, vascu- litis, ultrasonography, duplex, Doppler, ultrasound, diag- ...the diagnostic value of the halo sign independently of con- ... See full document

... TABs, imaging reports (magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT), fl uorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET/CT), and vascular ultrasound), biochemical ... See full document

... Background: Giant cell arteritis is a vasculitis of large and middle-sized arteries that affects patients aged over 50 ...newer imaging techniques (FDG-PET/TAC, MRI, CT) can be of valuable ... See full document

... of giant cell arteritis and atherosclerotic plaques ...from giant cell arteritis ...its high resolution of ...of giant cell ... See full document

... Future diagnostic techniques may be enhanced by technologi- cal improvements in radiological ...resonance imaging (MRI) has demonstrated that PMR involves inflammation of extra-articular synovial structures ... See full document

... [5] Trimble K, Blaser S, James AL, Papsin BC. Computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging before pediatric cochlear implantation? Developing an investigative strategy. Otology & Neurotology. ... See full document

... of high level components of ...Resonance Imaging(MRI), X-ray, Computed Tomography and Ultrasound, during this process noise is added that decreases the image quality and image ...medical imaging, and ... See full document

... of weeks (95% confidence interval (CI)) between symp- tom onset and GCA diagnosis. This meta-analysis was presented as a forest plot, with heterogeneity initially assessed using the I 2 statistic and then using 95% ... See full document

... anonymized MR images of patients and healthy ...3T MR imaging scanner, Achieva 3T TX (Philips Healthcare, Best, the Netherlands) with a 32-channel head ...The MR imaging included a 3D ... See full document

... synthetic MR im- ages is seen in Fig 1. The diagnostic image quality and contrast- to-noise ratio measurements are given in Fig ...synthetic MR images were chemical-shift displacement, dis- crete ... See full document

... brain MR imaging demonstrated diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement, tonsilar herniation, brain stem sagging, and subdural fluid ...Spinal MR imaging showed distended epidural veins and epidural ... See full document

... and MR spectros- copy, one dataset was excluded because of a scanner- related artifact; lipid contaminations prohibited cal- culation of MR spectroscopy spectra in 2 additional ... See full document

... on MR imaging did not have the magnification ...space. MR imaging allows visualiza- tion of the ossified portion of the vertebrae as well as the car- tilaginous portion of the ... See full document

... abnormal high linear signals on STIR in coronal MRI scans are related to shin splints ...abnormally high signal intensity in bone marrow might be secondary to edema or hemorrhage related to micro- damage ... See full document

... remained high even in the remission phase ...immune cell subsets in patients successfully treated with GC and biologic agents (GCA, n = 5; TAK, n = ...remained high levels even after treatment with ... See full document

... Signal intensity of the extradural defect and adjacent interspace was compared with that of intact lumbar intervertebral disks i.e., those demonstrating negligible interspace narrowing, [r] ... See full document

... the insertion on the pituitary gland and 3.25 ⫾ 0.56 mm near the optic chiasm. The optic chiasm results of the current study support the earlier observation. However, the current findings at the pituitary insertion are ... See full document

... Results: All patients presented posterior vasculitis. Patient 1 had an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of 38 mm/hr and a C-reactive protein (CRP) of 28mg/L. Patient 2 and 3 had an ESR of 104 and 95 mm/hr and a CRP ... See full document

... received at least two courses of RTX. All had remission of the disease during the depletion of B-cells, and the median time to the return of B-cells was 8.5 months. Relapses occurred in all patients after the ... See full document