Imaging of knee osteoarthritis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1061-1074

  Teichtahl, A J ^a   Wluka, A E ^a   Davies Tuck, M L ^a   Cicuttini, F M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance imaging; osteoarthritis; radiograph; radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE; VALIDITY;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 56549110508     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.09.004     Document Type: Review

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