Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XVII. Role of colour Doppler and power Doppler

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 759-762

  Iagnocco, Annamaria ^a   Epis, Oscar ^b   Delle Sedie, Andrea ^c   Meenagh, Gary ^d   Filippucci, Emilio ^e   Riente, Lucrezia ^c   Scirè, Carlo Alberto ^b   Montecucco, Carlomaurizio ^b   Bombardieri, Stefano ^c   Grassi, Walter ^e   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler; Power Doppler; Rheumatic diseases; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; VALIDITY;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 57249108548     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. FILIPPUCCI E, IAGNOCCO A, MEENAGH G et al.: Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2006; 24: 1-5.
2. FILIPPUCCI E, IAGNOCCO A, MEENAGH G et al.: Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist VII. Ultrasound imaging in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2007; 25: 5-10.
3. RIENTE L, DELLE SEDIE A, FILIPPUCCI E et al.: Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist IX. Ultrasound imaging in spondyloarthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2007; 25: 349-53.
4. RIENTE L, DELLE SEDIE A, FILIPPUCCI E et al.: Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XIV. Ultrasound imaging in connective tissue diseases. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008; 26: 230-3.
5. IAGNOCCO A, FILIPPUCCI E, MEENAGH G et al.: Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XI. Ultrasound imaging in regional pain syndromes. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2007; 25: 672-5.
6. DELLE SEDIE A, RIENTE L, IAGNOCCO A et al.: Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist X. Ultrasound imaging in crystal-related arthropathies. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2007; 25: 513-7.
7. MEENAGH G, FILIPPUCCI E, IAGNOCCO A et al.: Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist VIII. Ultrasound imaging in osteoarthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2007; 25: 172-5.
8. SCHMIDT WA: TaThnology insight: the role of colour and power Doppler ultrasonography in rheumatology. Nature Clin Pract 2007; 3: 35-42.
9. DELLE SEDIE A, RIENTE L, FILIPPUCCI E et al.: Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist. XV. Ultrasound imaging in vasculitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2008; 26: 391-4.
10. TORP PEDERSEN ST, TERSLEV L: Setting and artefacts relevant in colour/ power Doppler ultrasound in rheumatology. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 143-9.
11. ALBRECHT K, MÜLLER-LADNER U, STRUNK J: Quantification of the synovial perfusion in rheumatoid arthritis using Doppler ultrasonography. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2007; 25: 630-8.
12. D'AGOSTINO MA, SAID-NAHAL R, HACQUARD-BOUDER C et al.: Assessment of peripheral enthesitis in the spondylarthropathies by ultrasonography combined with power Doppler: A cross-sectional study. Arthritis Rheum 2003; 48: 523-33.
13. BALINT PV, KANE D, WILSON H et al.: Ultrasonography of entheseal insertions in the lower limb in spondyloarthropathy. Ann Rheum Dis 2002; 61: 905-10.
14. DE MIGUEL E, COBO T, MUÑOZ-FERNÁNDEZ S et al.: Validity of enthesis ultrasound assessment in spondylarthropathy. Ann Rheum Dis 2008 Apr 7 [Epub ahead of print].
15. TAYLOR PC, STEUER A, GRUBER J et al.: Comparison of ultrasonographic assessment of synovitis and joint vascularity with radiographic evaluation in a randomized, placebo-controlled study of infliximab therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2004; 50: 1107-16.
16. IAGNOCCO A, FILIPPUCCI E, PERELLA C et al.: Clinical and ultrasonographic monitoring of response to adalimumab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 2008; 35: 35-40.
17. IAGNOCCO A, PERELLA C, NAREDO E et al.: Etanercept in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Clinical follow-up over one year by ultrasonography. Clin Rheumatol 2008; 27: 491-6.
18. FILIPPUCCI E, IAGNOCCO A, SALAFFI F et al.: Power Doppler sonography monitoring of synovial perfusion at the wrist joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab. Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1433-7.
19. FILIPPUCCI E, FARINA A, CAROTTI M, SALAFFI F, GRASSI W: Grey scale and power Doppler sonographic changes induced by intra-articular steroid injection treatment. Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 740-3.
20. HAU M, KNEITZ C, TONY HP et al.: High resolution ultrasound detects a decrease in pannus vascularisation of small finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving treatment with soluble tumour necrosis factor alpha receptor (etanercept). Ann Rheum Dis 2002; 61: 55-8.
21. NAREDO E, COLLADO P, CRUZ A et al.: Longitudinal power Doppler ultrasonographic assessment of joint inflammatory activity in early rheumatoid arthritis: Predictive value in disease activity and radiologic progression. Arthritis Rheum 2007; 57: 116-24
22. BROWN AK, QUINN MA, KARIM Z et al.: Presence of significant synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients with disease-modifying antirheumatic drug-induced clinical remission: Evidence from an imaging study may explain structural progression. Arthritis Rheum 2006; 54: 3761-73.
23. KOSKI JM, SAARAKKALA S, HELLE M et al.: Assessing the intra- and inter-reader reliability of dynamic ultrasound images in power Doppler ultrasonography. Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1658-60.
24. ALBRECHT K, GROB K, LANGE U, MÜLLERLADNER U, STRUNK J: Reliability of different Doppler ultrasound quantification methods and devices in the assessment of therapeutic response in arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2008; 47: 1521-6.
25. TERSLEV L, TORP-PEDERSEN S, BANG N, KOENIG MJ, NIELSEN MB, BLIDDAL H: Doppler ultrasound findings in healthy wrists and finger joints before and after use of two different contrast agents. Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 824-7.
26. NAREDO E, MÖLLER I, CRUZ A, CARMONA L, GARRIDO J: Power Doppler ultrasonographic monitoring of response to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2008; 58: 2248-56.
27. NAREDO E, RODRIGUEZ M, CAMPOS C et al.: Validity, reproducibility and responsiveness of a twelve-joint simplified power Doppler ultrasonographic assessment of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2008; 59: 515-22.
28. D'AGOSTINO MA, SAID-NAHAL R, HACQUARD-BOUDER C, BRASSEUR JL, DOUGADOS M, BREBAN M: Assessment of peripheral enthesitis in the spondylarthropathies by ultrasonography combined with power Doppler: A cross-sectional study. Arthritis Rheum 2003; 48: 523-33.
29. JOSHUA F, DE CARLE R, RAYMENT M et al.: Power Doppler 'blanching' after the application of transducer pressure. Australas Radiol 2005; 49: 218-21.
30. GRASSI W, FILIPPUCCI E, CAROTTI M, SALAFFI F: Imaging modalities for identifying the origin of regional musculoskeletal pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2003; 17: 17-32.
31. ØSTERGAARD M, STOLTENBERG M, LØVGREEN-NIELSEN P, VOLCK B, JENSEN CH, LORENZEN I: Magnetic resonance imaging-determined synovial membrane and joint effusion volumes in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Comparison with the macroscopic and microscopic appearance of the synovium. Arthritis Rheum 1997; 40: 1856-67.
32. ØSTERGAARD M, SZKUDLAREK M: Imaging in rheumatoid arthritis - why MRI and ultrasonography can no longer be ignored. Scand J Rheumatol 2003; 32: 63-73.
33. KARIM Z, RJ WAKEFIELD, M QUINN et al.: Validation and reproducibility of ultrasonography in the detection of synovitis in the knee: A comparison with arthroscopy and clinical examination. Arthritis Rheum 2004; 50: 387-94.
34. FIOCCO U, FERRO F, COZZI L et al.: Contrast medium in power Doppler ultrasound for assessment of synovial vascularity: Comparison with arthroscopy. J Rheumatol 2003; 30: 2170-6.
35. ØSTERGAARD M: Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging as marker of synovial membrane regeneration and recurrence of synovitis after arthroscopic knee joint synovectomy: A one year follow up study. Ann Rheum Dis 2001; 60: 233-6.