More intrinsic parameters should be used in assessing degeneration of articular cartilage with quantitative ultrasound

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, Yong Ping ^a   Huang, Yan Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS;

EID: 58149313644     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar2566     Document Type: Editorial

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