Contrast-enhanced coded phase-inversion harmonic sonography of knee synovitis correlates with histological vessel density: 2 Automated digital quantifications

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1391-1400

  Kaiser, Marie Joëlle ^a   Hauzeur, Jean Philippe ^a   Blacher, Silvia ^a   Foidart, Jean Michel ^a   Deprez, Manuel ^a   Rossknecht, Alexandra ^b   Malaise, Michel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Coded phase inversion harmonic B mode sonography; Digital image analysis; Histology; Microbubble contrast sonography; Synovial vascularization

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SONOVUE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; B SCAN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODED PHASE INVERSION HARMONIC SONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HISTOLOGICAL VESSEL DENSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT BIOPSY; KNEE SYNOVITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROBUBBLE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BLOOD VESSELS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 67650487213     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080584     Document Type: Article

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