New developments in joint ultrasonography;Neue entwicklungen in der gelenksonographie

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 700-708

  Backhaus, M ^b   Scheel, A K ^a   Burmester, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

B mode; Erosion; Joints; Power Doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Tenosynovitis; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound contrast media

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FINGER PHALANGES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINTS; METACARPAL BONES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 33845907630     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-006-0120-x     Document Type: Article

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