Hoffa's fat pad: Evaluation on unenhanced MR images as a measure of patellofemoral synovitis in osteoarthritis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1696-1700

  Roemer, Frank W ^a,b   Guermazi, Ali ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^c   Yang, Mei ^c   Hunter, David J ^d   Crema, Michel D ^a   Bohndorf, Klaus ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Knee; MRI; Osteoarthritis; Scoring; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 67049146297     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2038     Document Type: Article

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