Quantification of colour Doppler activity in the wrist in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - The reliability of different methods for image selection and evaluation

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-398

  Ellegaard, Karen ^a   Torp Pedersen, S ^a   Lund, H ^a   Henriksen, M ^a   Terslev, L ^a   Jensen, P S ^a   Danneskiold Samsee, B ^a   Bliddal, H ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colour doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 50849124493     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027196     Document Type: Article

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