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Table 2 Quantitative MRI results at baseline (B) and follow-up (F)

From: Can quantitative MRI be used in the clinical setting to quantify the impact of intra-articular glucocorticoid injection on synovial disease activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis?

Subject

Synovial volume (cm3)

Maximum uptake rate (%/s)

Signal enhancement (%)

Radiologist reports synovial enhancement beyond normal limits (Y/N)

Clinician assessed disease activity in injected knee (Y /N)

 

B

F

B

F

B

F

B

F

B

F

1

25.7

0.0

1.5

0.0

116

0

Y

N

Y

Y (rpt IAGI)

2

0.6

–

0.5

–

35

–

N

–

Y

–

3

1.2

0.0

0.4

0.0

57

0

N

N

Y

N

4

51.2

0.1

1.8

0.4

148

109

Y

N

Y

Y (rpt IAGI)

5

72.2

0.7

2.8

0.5

190

90

Y

N

Y

N

6

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

10

6

N

N

Y

N

7

92.2

0.0

6.7

0.0

225

0

Y

N

Y

N

8

101.6

1.9

4.6

1.9

157

126

Y

N

Y

Y (rpt IAGI)

9

87.0

0.0

7.1

0.0

228

0

Y

N

Y

N

10

1.2

0.0

0.6

0.0

95

0

N

N

Y

N

11

1.1

0.2

1.5

0.8

145

103

N

N

Y

N

Median

38.5

0.0†

1.7

0.0$

147

3†

–

–

  

IQR

82.1

0.2

3.3

0.5

82

100

–

–

  
  1. Baseline medians and IQRs (interquartile ranges) exclude subject 2 who was lost to follow-up. † p = 0.005, $ p = 0.008 at follow-up compared to baseline. Key: rpt IAGI = repeat intra-articular glucocorticoid injection after follow-up