High-resolution MRI of the wrist and finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison of 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2176-2182

  Wieners, Gero ^a   Detert, Jacqueline ^b   Streitparth, Florian ^b   Pech, Maciej ^a   Fischbach, Frank ^b   Burmester, Gerd ^b   Ricke, Jens ^a   Backhaus, Marina ^b   Bruhn, Harald ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Tesla MR; OMERACT; RAMRIS; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FINGER; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGIST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 34547130804     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0539-0     Document Type: Article

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