Yohei Ono1, Rina Kashihara2, Nobutoshi Yasojima3, Hideki Kasahara4, Yuka Shimizu5, Kenichi Tamura6, Kaori Tsutsumi7, Kenneth Sutherland8, Takao Koike4, Tamotsu Kamishima7. 1. 1 Department of Radiology, NTT Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan. 2. 2 Department of Radiology, Department of Medical Technology, Sunagawa City Medical Center, Sunagawa, Japan. 3. 3 Department of Radiology, NTT Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan. 4. 4 Department of Rheumatology, NTT Sapporo Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan. 5. 5 Division of Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. 6. 6 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Nihon University, Koriyama, Japan. 7. 7 Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. 8. 8 Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Accurate evaluation of joint space width (JSW) is important in the assessment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In clinical radiography of bilateral hands, the oblique incidence of X-rays is unavoidable, which may cause perceptional or measurement error of JSW. The objective of this study was to examine whether tomosynthesis, a recently developed modality, can facilitate a more accurate evaluation of JSW than radiography under the condition of oblique incidence of X-rays. METHODS: We investigated quantitative errors derived from the oblique incidence of X-rays by imaging phantoms simulating various finger joint spaces using radiographs and tomosynthesis images. We then compared the qualitative results of the modified total Sharp score of a total of 320 joints from 20 patients with RA between these modalities. RESULTS: A quantitative error was prominent when the location of the phantom was shifted along the JSW direction. Modified total Sharp scores of tomosynthesis images were significantly higher than those of radiography, that is to say JSW was regarded as narrower in tomosynthesis than in radiography when finger joints were located where the oblique incidence of X-rays is expected in the JSW direction. CONCLUSION: Tomosynthesis can facilitate accurate evaluation of JSW in finger joints of patients with RA, even with oblique incidence of X-rays. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Accurate evaluation of JSW is necessary for the management of patients with RA. Through phantom and clinical studies, we demonstrate that tomosynthesis may achieve more accurate evaluation of JSW.
OBJECTIVE: Accurate evaluation of joint space width (JSW) is important in the assessment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In clinical radiography of bilateral hands, the oblique incidence of X-rays is unavoidable, which may cause perceptional or measurement error of JSW. The objective of this study was to examine whether tomosynthesis, a recently developed modality, can facilitate a more accurate evaluation of JSW than radiography under the condition of oblique incidence of X-rays. METHODS: We investigated quantitative errors derived from the oblique incidence of X-rays by imaging phantoms simulating various finger joint spaces using radiographs and tomosynthesis images. We then compared the qualitative results of the modified total Sharp score of a total of 320 joints from 20 patients with RA between these modalities. RESULTS: A quantitative error was prominent when the location of the phantom was shifted along the JSW direction. Modified total Sharp scores of tomosynthesis images were significantly higher than those of radiography, that is to say JSW was regarded as narrower in tomosynthesis than in radiography when finger joints were located where the oblique incidence of X-rays is expected in the JSW direction. CONCLUSION: Tomosynthesis can facilitate accurate evaluation of JSW in finger joints of patients with RA, even with oblique incidence of X-rays. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Accurate evaluation of JSW is necessary for the management of patients with RA. Through phantom and clinical studies, we demonstrate that tomosynthesis may achieve more accurate evaluation of JSW.
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