Radiomic Quantification for MRI Assessment of Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with Spondyloarthritis.

ABSTRACT: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of diseases primarily involving chronic inflammation of the spine and peripheral joints, as evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Considering the complexity of SpA, we performed a retrospective study to discover quantitative/radiomic MRI-based features correlated with SpA. We also investigated different fat-suppression MRI techniques to develop detection models for inflammatory sacroiliitis. Finally, these model results were compared with those of experienced musculoskeletal radiologists, and the concordance level was evaluated. Examinations of 46 consecutive patients were obtained using SPAIR (spectral attenuated inversion recovery) and STIR (short tau inversion recovery) MRI sequences. Musculoskeletal radiologists manually segmented the sacroil

SUBMITTER: Tenorio APM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8854535 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature