Diagnostic utility of an echo-contrast agent in patients with synovitis using power doppler ultrasound: A preliminary study with comparison to contrast-enhanced MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1039-1046

  Magarelli, N ^a   Guglielmi, G ^a   Di Matteo, L ^a   Tartaro, A ^a   Mattei, P A ^a   Bonomo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast medium and power Doppler; Fat suppression; MR; Power Doppler studies; Synovitis and contrast enhancement; Synovitis and power Doppler; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; SYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0034879672     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000650     Document Type: Article

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