Imaging as a follow-up tool in clinical trials and clinical practice

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1109-1126

  Bliddal, Henning ^a   Boesen, Mikael ^a   Christensen, Robin ^a   Kubassova, Olga ^a,b   Torp Pedersen, Søren ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Image Analysis Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer assisted diagnosis; dGEMRIC; Kellgren Lawrence score; Sharp score; ultrasound Doppler

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTHROPATHY; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 56549120894     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.09.017     Document Type: Review

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