OBJECTIVES: To investigate the responsiveness to treatment and the reliability of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) knee joints. METHODS: DCE-MRI was performed in 12 clinically active RA knee joints before and 1, 7, 30, and 180 days after intra-articular injection with 80 mg methylprednisolone. Using semi-automated image processing software, DCE-MRI parameters, including the initial rate of enhancement (IRE) and maximal enhancement (ME), were generated for three regions of interest (ROIs): 'Whole slice', 'Quick ROI', and 'Precise ROI'. The smallest detectable difference (SDD), the smallest detectable change (SDC), and intra- and inter-reader intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were used to assess the reliability of DCE-MRI. Responsiveness to treatment was assessed by the standardized response mean (SRM). RESULTS: In all patients clinical remission of the knee was achieved at day 7. All DCE-MRI parameters decreased from day 0 to day 7. Using the Quick and Precise ROI methods, respectively, IRE decreased by 63% and 69%, ME decreased by 11% and 11%, N decreased by 55% and 57%, and IRE × N decreased by 84% and 85%. The intra- and inter-reader ICCs were very high (0.96-1.00). The decrease in DCE-MRI parameters was larger than the SDC for all patients. SRM was large for all parameters, ranging from -1.04 to -2.40. When the Whole slice ROI method was used, no parameters were responsive to treatment. CONCLUSIONS: DCE-MRI analysed using semi-automatic software is a reliable and responsive tool for assessing treatment in RA knees joints. Rough manual delineation of the joint to omit enhancement artefacts is necessary.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the responsiveness to treatment and the reliability of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) knee joints. METHODS:DCE-MRI was performed in 12 clinically active RA knee joints before and 1, 7, 30, and 180 days after intra-articular injection with 80 mg methylprednisolone. Using semi-automated image processing software, DCE-MRI parameters, including the initial rate of enhancement (IRE) and maximal enhancement (ME), were generated for three regions of interest (ROIs): 'Whole slice', 'Quick ROI', and 'Precise ROI'. The smallest detectable difference (SDD), the smallest detectable change (SDC), and intra- and inter-reader intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were used to assess the reliability of DCE-MRI. Responsiveness to treatment was assessed by the standardized response mean (SRM). RESULTS: In all patients clinical remission of the knee was achieved at day 7. All DCE-MRI parameters decreased from day 0 to day 7. Using the Quick and Precise ROI methods, respectively, IRE decreased by 63% and 69%, ME decreased by 11% and 11%, N decreased by 55% and 57%, and IRE × N decreased by 84% and 85%. The intra- and inter-reader ICCs were very high (0.96-1.00). The decrease in DCE-MRI parameters was larger than the SDC for all patients. SRM was large for all parameters, ranging from -1.04 to -2.40. When the Whole slice ROI method was used, no parameters were responsive to treatment. CONCLUSIONS:DCE-MRI analysed using semi-automatic software is a reliable and responsive tool for assessing treatment in RA knees joints. Rough manual delineation of the joint to omit enhancement artefacts is necessary.
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