18F-FDG PET is a sensitive, promising method for visualizing disease activity in rheumatoid
arthritis. This study aimed to assess the association between changes in 18F-FDG joint …

Materials and Methods: Seven patients with active RA underwent whole-body FDG PET and
clinical assessment before and after treatment with the antitumor necrosis factor alpha …

The aim of this study was to assess synovitis by 18F-FDG PET in an individual joint analysis
and in a global analysis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity and to compare 18F …

Objectives. To evaluate whether there is a correlation between the differences in joint uptake
of 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (18F-FDG) and the improvement of clinical findings in …

Abstract Background 18 F–FDG PET/CT has been proposed in the evaluation of the disease
activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The goals of this study were to evaluate the …

Purpose This study evaluated the potential of functional imaging to monitor disease activity
and response to treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) in DMARD …

AIM: To evaluate the role of fluorine-18-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography (18 F-FDG PET) in various rheumatic diseases and its potential in the early …

Autoimmune inflammatory arthritides (AIA), such as psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid
arthritis, are chronic systemic conditions that affect multiple joints of the body. Recently, total …

Objective Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in joint lesions in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) reportedly represents the degree of synovial inflammation. Most previous …

Objective. To compare the findings in rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-affected joints between 18F-
fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and 18F-fluoride (NaF) positron emission tomography …