Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist XIX. Imaging modalities in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-6

  Meenagh, G ^a   Filippucci, E ^b   Delle Sedie, A ^c   Riente, L ^c   Iagnocco, A ^d   Scire C A ^e   Montecucco, C ^e   Bombardieri, S ^c   Valesini, G ^d   Grassi, Walter ^b  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computerised tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography; X ray

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

BONE EROSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63049113216     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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