Power Doppler and spectral Doppler measurements of knee-joint synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients with superficial pattern signals and in those with deep pattern signals

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-272

  Kasukawa, Reiji ^a,b   Shio, Kiori ^a   Kanno, Yukiko ^a   Sato, Ai ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Yamadera, Yukio ^a   Kanno, Takashi ^a  

^a OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effusion thickness; Flow signal diameter; Flow signal grades; Pannus thickness; Resistance index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYNOVITIS; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34547942323     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-007-0588-5     Document Type: Article

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