Computerized quantification of joint space narrowing and periarticular demineralization in patients with rheumatoid arthritis based on digital x-ray radiogrammetry

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-44

  Böttcher, Joachim ^a   Pfeil, Alexander ^a   Rosholm, Anders ^b   Sörös, Peter ^c   Petrovitch, Alexander ^a   Schaefer, Max L ^a   Seidl, Bettina E ^a   Malich, Ansgar ^a   Hansch, Andreas ^a   Wolf, Gunter ^a   Kaiser, Werner A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Sectra Pronosco A/S   (Denmark)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Digital x ray radiogrammetry; Joint space distance; Metacarpal index; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEMINERALIZATION; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL X RAY RADIOGRAMMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIARTICULAR JOINT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DEMINERALIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33645090464     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000191594.76235.a0     Document Type: Article

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