Ultrasound and MRI of Achilles Tendon Can aid in Early Detection of Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriasis patients have a higher prevalence of inflammatory arthritis, accounting for 25%, and have varied presentation patterns. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) causes functional impairment, increases mortality risk, and involves the inflammation of synovial tissue in the periphery and the axial skeleton, entheses and skin, significantly damaging joints and periarticular structures.
A recent study has demonstrated that Ultrasound and MRI of Achilles Tendon Can Improve Early Detection of Psoriatic Arthritis. The study depicted the role of MRI T1 and magnetization transfer (MT) modelling in detecting and managing PsA early, with the use of UTE-MT modeling in detecting increased entheses, says Dina Moazamian in a study published in NMR in Biomedicine.
Researchers investigated using ultrashort echo time (UTE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for imaging the Achilles tendons and entheses in PsA patients compared with asymptomatic volunteers. They calculated UTE-T1 and macromolecular proton fraction (MMF, main outcome) and used Mann–Whitney-U tests to determine statistically significant differences between the two cohorts.
The researchers scanned the heels of PsA patients (n=26) and asymptomatic volunteers (n=27) in the sagittal plane with UTE-T1 and UTE-MT modeling sequences on a 3-T clinical scanner.
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