"All that glistens is not gold" - Separating artefacts from true Doppler signals in rheumatological ultrasound

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-142

  Balint, Peter V ^a   Mandl, Peter ^a   Kane, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTIFACT; BLOOD FLOW; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; IMAGING; JOINT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 38749129729     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.081554     Document Type: Editorial

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