Quantification of synovistis by MRI: Correlation between dynamic and static gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and microscopic and macroscopic signs of synovial inflammation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 743-754

  Østergaard, Mikkel ^b   Stoltenberg, Michael ^a   Løvgreen Nielsen, Preben ^a   Volck, Birgitte ^a   Sonne Holm, Stig ^a   Lorenzen, Ib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Osteoarthritis; Pathology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0031790352     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(98)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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