Power Doppler sonography with and without echo-enhancing contrast agent and contrast-enhanced MRI for the evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis of the shoulder joint: Differentiation between synovitis and joint effusion

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 351-359

  Wamser, Guenter ^a,b   Bohndorf, K ^a   Vollert, K ^a   Bucklein W ^a   Schalm, J ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b Diagnostic Radiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Rheumatoid arthritis (RA); Shoulder; Ultrasound, contrast medium; Ultrasound, contrast enhanced Doppler sonography; Ultrasound, power Doppler

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0038827163     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0632-2     Document Type: Article

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