Application of the OMERACT filter to scoring methods for magnetic resonance imaging of the sacroiliac joints and the spine. Recommendations for a research agenda at OMERACT 7

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2042-2047

  Van Der Heijde, Désirée M F M ^a   Landewé, Robert B M ^a,b   Hermann, Kay Geert S ^c   Jurik, Anne Grethe ^d   Maksymowych, Walter P ^e   Rudwaleit, Martin ^c   O'Connor, Philip J ^f   Braun, Jurgen ^g   Baraliakos, Xenofon ^h   Bollow, Matthias ^h   Emery, Paul ^h   Inman, Robert ^h   Van De Laar, Mart ^h   Lambert, Rob ^h   Marzo Ortega, Helena ^h   Østergaard, Mikkel ^h   Oostveen, Ans ^h   Salonen, David ^h   Sieper, Jochen ^h   Stone, Millicent ^h   De Vlam, Kurt ^h   more..

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

^h Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet ^*

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Scoring methods

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ASSESSMENT IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FILTER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMERACT 7; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE DISEASE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 26444496534     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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