Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted Dixon water- and fat-only images to assess osteitis and erosions according to RAMRIS in hands of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.

Kirchgesner, Thomas;Stoenoiu, Maria;Michoux, Nicolas;Durez, Patrick;Vande Berg, Bruno
(2021) Diagnostic and interventional imaging — Vol. 102, n° 7-8, p. 439-445 (2021)

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(en) PURPOSE: To assess the agreement between readers using contrast-enhanced T1-weighted Dixon water- and fat-only images and OMERACT-recommended sequences for the scoring of osteitis and erosions according to the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) MRI scoring system (RAMRIS) in hands of patients with early RA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Both hands of 24 patients (16 women, 8 men; mean age, 45.7±14.5 [SD] years; age range: 25-70 years) with early RA were prospectively imaged with fat-saturated T2-weighted sequences, non-Dixon T1-weighted imaging prior to contrast material injection and T1-weighted Dixon imaging after contrast material injection at 1.5T. There were Two radiologists separately quantified osteitis and erosions according to RAMRIS using contrast-enhanced T1-weighted Dixon water-only and fat-saturated T2-weighted images for osteitis and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted Dixon fat-only and T1-weighted images prior to contrast material injection for erosions. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated to assess inter-technique, intra-observer and inter-observer agreement. RESULTS: Mean ICC for the agreement between Dixon and non-Dixon images ranged from 0.68 (95%CI: 0.20-0.90) to 0.99 (95%CI: 0.95-1.00) for the scoring of osteitis and from 0.77 (95%CI: 0.38-0.93) to 0.99 (95%CI: 0.95-1.00) for the scoring of erosions. Mean ICC for the agreement between first and second readings ranged from 0.94 (95%CI: 0.81-0.98) to 0.97 (95%CI: 0.91-0.99) for the scoring of osteitis using Dixon and 0.91 (95%CI: 0.72-0.97) to 0.98 (95%CI: 0.92-0.99) using non-Dixon images and from 0.80 (95%CI: 0.45-0.94) to 0.97 (95%CI: 0.91-0.99) for the scoring of erosions using Dixon and 0.72 (95%CI: 0.29-0.91) to 0.98 (95%CI: 0.92-0.99) using non-Dixon images. CONCLUSION: Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted Dixon water- and fat-only images can serve as an alternative to fat-saturated T2-weighted and T1-weighted MRI sequences for the assessment of osteitis and erosions according to the RAMRIS scoring system in hands of patients with early RA.
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Kirchgesner, T., Stoenoiu, M., Michoux, N., Durez, P., & Vande Berg, B. (2021). Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted Dixon water- and fat-only images to assess osteitis and erosions according to RAMRIS in hands of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. Diagnostic and interventional imaging, 102(7-8), 439-445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diii.2021.01.011 (Original work published 2021)