Semiquantitative assessment of synovitis in osteoarthritis on non contrast-enhanced MRI

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 820-821

  Roemer, F W ^a   Hunter, D J ^b   Guermazi, A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 67349203839     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.09.020     Document Type: Letter

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