Anatomical variation of the sacroiliac joint carries an increased risk for erosion and bone marrow oedema in axial spondyloarthritis

K Ziegeler, ST Ulas, D Poddubnyy, F Proft… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To assess the impact of joint shape variations on inflammatory lesions on SI joint
MRIs in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods A total of 1194 patients from …

[HTML][HTML] Sex disparities of the sacroiliac joint: Focus on joint anatomy and imaging appearance

ST Ulas, T Diekhoff, K Ziegeler - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is an anatomically complex joint which, as a functional unit with the
pelvis and spine, is of decisive biomechanical importance for the human body. It is also a …

Sex-specific diagnostic efficacy of MRI in axial spondyloarthritis: challenging the 'One Size Fits All'notion

ST Ulas, F Proft, T Diekhoff, V Rios, J Rademacher… - RMD open, 2023 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives Sex-specific differences in the presentation of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA)
may contribute to a diagnostic delay in women. The aim of this study was to investigate the …

CT-like images in MRI improve specificity of erosion detection in patients with hand arthritis: a diagnostic accuracy study with CT as standard of reference

ST Ulas, K Ziegeler, ST Richter, S Ohrndorf… - RMD open, 2022 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objective To compare the diagnostic accuracy of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI),
standard T1-weighted (T1w) images and high-resolution 3D-gradient echo sequences …

HLA-B27 status and inflammatory MRI lesions of the sacroiliac joints: A post hoc analysis in patients without axial spondyloarthritis

ST Ulas, F Proft, T Diekhoff, VR Rodriguez… - RMD open, 2023 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objective The assessment of inflammatory and structural lesions in the sacroiliac joint (SIJ)
is crucial in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). HLA-B27 status plays an important role in axSpA …

Ultra-low-dose CT detects synovitis in patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis

T Diekhoff, ST Ulas, D Poddubnyy… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Purpose To prove the feasibility and measure the diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced
ultra-low-dose CT (ULD-CT) for the depiction of inflammatory soft-tissue changes (synovitis …

Susceptibility-Weighted MR imaging to improve the specificity of erosion detection: a prospective feasibility study in hand arthritis

ST Ulas, T Diekhoff, KGA Hermann, D Poddubnyy… - Skeletal Radiology, 2019 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic potential of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) for
the detection of erosions of the hand, compared to T1-weighted (T1w) magnetic resonance …

[HTML][HTML] Perfusion in hand arthritis on dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography: a randomized prospective study using MRI as a standard of reference

ST Ulas, KG Hermann, MR Makowski, R Biesen… - Skeletal Radiology, 2021 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the performance of dynamic contrast-enhanced CT (DCE-CT) in
detecting and quantitatively assessing perfusion parameters in patients with arthritis of the …

[HTML][HTML] Contrast-enhanced CT techniques and MRI perform equally well in arthritis imaging of the hand: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study

ST Ulas, K Ziegeler, ST Richter, S Ohrndorf… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives To investigate the performance of dual-energy CT (DECT)-generated iodine
maps (iMap) and CT subtraction (CT-S) in the detection of synovitis, tenosynovitis, and …

Learning imaging in axial spondyloarthritis: more than just a matter of experience

F Radny, K Ziegeler, I Eshed, J Greese, D Deppe… - RMD open, 2024 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objective Reliable interpretation of imaging findings is essential for the diagnosis of axial
spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and requires a high level of experience. We investigated …