Ultrasonography in osteoarthritis: Recent advances and prospects for the future

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 560-564

  Chao, Jeannie ^a,b   Kalunian, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced; Osteoarthritis; Three dimensional; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOLOGY;

HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 55249090890     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e328307f272     Document Type: Review

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