Noninvasive techniques for assessing skeletal changes in inflammatory arthritis: Imaging technique

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-442

  Wakefield, Richard J ^a   Conaghan, Philip G ^a   Jarrett, Steve ^a   Emery, Paul ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; Dual X ray absorptiometry; Inflammatory arthritis; MRI; Radiogrametry; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLARTHROPATHIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042671339     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bor.0000130318.98451.05     Document Type: Review

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