The value of sensitive imaging modalities in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 210-213

  Taylor, Peter C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Power Doppler; Radiography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0141649569     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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