Table 2.

WBMRI and conventional MRI readability and frequency of lesions in patients with PsA and RA and HC.

WBMRI Peripheral Joints
Readability, %No. Lesions, % of All Readable Areasa
SynovitisJBMESoft Tissue InflammationEBME
SynSTIJBMEEBMEPsARAHCPsARAHCPsARAHCPsARAHC
Shoulders and AC95969695181041161115611281410
Wrists and 1st CMC94952948195110
Hands, MCP 2–596965211360
Hands, PIP 2–59594480000
Hands, DIP 2–595931380100
SC joint 19494200002
SC joint 29393000400
SC joints 3–765000000
Pelvis/hipb939493942219376010128100
Knees99989898191313700841410
Ankles and TMT97959695171415111122020111971
Feet, MTP 1–59189292120890
Feet, PIP 1–58383111321
Feet, DIP 1–58181000000
WBMRI Spine
Readability, %No. Lesions (% of All Readable Areas)
Bone Marrow EdemaFatErosionNew Bone Formation
BMEFatEroNBFPsARAHCPsARAHCPsARAHCPsARAHC
Cervical vertebral bodies1001001001000.70.90.2020.80000.40.60.8
Cervical posterior parts100100100100000000000000
Thoracic vertebral bodies1001001001002.10.80.40.70.70.50.80.700.30.70.2
Thoracic posterior parts1001001001000.200000000000
Lumbar vertebral bodies1001001001001.50.70.30.50.80.410.500.71.20.4
Lumbar posterior parts100100100100000000000000
Conventional MRI
Readability, %No. Lesions (% of Readable)
SynTSBMEErosion
SynTSBMEEroPsARAHCPsARAHCPsARAHCPsARAHC
MCP 2–58686949542365193201170890
PIP 2–58283919332252101810110110
Wrist86839495614023122035110550
  • a No. lesions is the total number of lesions for all participants in each group; percentage is the number of observed lesions divided by the total number of possible lesions (i.e., the number of readable areas).

  • b Sacroiliac joints not included. AC: acromioclavicular joints; BME: bone marrow edema; CMC: carpometacarpal joint; DIP: distal interphalangeal joint; EBME: entheseal bone marrow edema; Ero: erosion; HC: healthy controls; JBME: joint bone marrow edema; MCP: metacarpophalangeal joint; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; MTP: metatarsophalangeal joint; NBF: new bone formation; PIP: proximal interphalangeal joint; PsA: psoriatic arthritis; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; SC: sternocostal; STI: soft tissue inflammation; Syn: synovitis; TMT: tarsometatarsal joint; TS: tenosynovitis; WBMRI: whole-body MRI.