Imaging of the musculoskeletal system: Magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography and computed tomography

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-528

  Tan, Ai Lyn ^a   Wakefield, Richard J ^a   Conaghan, Philip G ^a   Emery, Paul ^a   McGonagle, Dennis ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Musculoskeletal; Rheumatology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTHRITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MONITORING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYNOVITIS; TENDON DISEASE; VASCULITIS; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0038715513     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6942(03)00021-4     Document Type: Review

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