Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Iagnocco, Annamaria ^b   Meenagh, Gary ^c   Riente, Lucrezia ^d   Delle Sedie, Andrea ^d   Bombardieri, Stefano ^d   Valesini, Guido ^b   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical applications; Scanning technique; Training; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; JOINT ECHOGRAPHY; JOINT EXAMINATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; JOINTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645091901     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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