Prolonged time between intravenous contrast administration and image acquisition results in increased synovial thickness at magnetic resonance imaging in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Anouk M BarendregtE Charlotte van GulikPaul F C GrootKoert M DolmanJ Merlijn van den BergAmara Nassar-Sheikh RashidDieneke Schonenberg-MeinemaCristina LaviniKaren RosendahlRobert HemkeTaco W KuijpersMario MaasCharlotte M NusmanPublished in: Pediatric radiology (2019)
Post-contrast synovial membrane thickness measurements are time-dependent. Therefore, standardization of post-contrast image acquisition timing is important to achieve consistent grading of synovial inflammation.