Dual-energy CT: a new imaging modality for bone marrow oedema in rheumatoid arthritis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Jun;77(6):958-960. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213152. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Authors

Lennart Jans¹, Isabelle De Kock¹, Nele Herregods¹, Koenraad Verstraete¹, Filip Van den Bosch^{2

3}, Philippe Carron^{2

3}, Edwin H Oei⁴, Dirk Elewaut^#^{2

3}, Peggy Jacques^#^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
² Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgiuim.
³ Department of Rheumatology and VIB Inflammation Research Center, Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 29496720
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213152

No abstract available

Keywords: MRI; bone marrowoedema; dual-energy CT; inflammation; rheumatoid arthritis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnostic imaging*
Bone Marrow Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Edema / diagnostic imaging*
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Proof of Concept Study
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods