CT Arthrography, MR Arthrography, PET, and Scintigraphy in Osteoarthritis

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-615

  Omoumi, Patrick ^a,b   Mercier, Gustavo A ^c   Lecouvet, Frédéric ^a   Simoni, Paolo ^a   Vande Berg, Bruno C ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; CT arthrography; MR arthrography; Osteoarthritis; PET; PET CT; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; IODINE; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTHROGRAPHY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CHONDROPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE MENISCUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650653459     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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