Diffusion tensor anisotropy magnetic resonance imaging: A new tool to assess synovial inflammation

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 378-382

  Agarwal, Vikas ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Singh, Jitesh K ^b   Rathore, Ram K S ^b   Misra, Ramnath ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Inflammatory arthritis; Inflammatory cytokines; Synovial fluid; Synovial inflammation

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249120029     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken499     Document Type: Article

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