Quantitative assessment of synovial vascularity using contrast-enhanced power doppler ultrasonography: Correlation with histologic findings and MR imaging findings in arthritic rabbit knee model

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Suh, Jin Suck ^b   Shin, Myung Jin ^a   Kim, Seong Moon ^a   Kim, Namkug ^a   Sang, Hyun Suh ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Arthrtis, animal studies; Joints, US; Magnetic resonance (MR); Synovitis; Ultrasound (US), Power Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHU 508;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; SYNOVIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RABBITS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 39449130124     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.1.45     Document Type: Article

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