Power Doppler 'blanching' after the application of transducer pressure

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-221

  Joshua, Fredrick ^a   De Carle, R ^b   Rayment, M ^b   Bryant, C ^b   Shnier, R ^b   Edmonds, J ^a   Lassere, M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b St George Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Power Doppler; Reliability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

INFLIXIMAB; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 21244491547     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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