MR Imaging-Based Semiquantitative Assessment in Osteoarthritis

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 633-654

  Roemer, Frank W ^a,b,c   Guermazi, Ali ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c Boston Imaging Core Lab BICL   (United States)

Author keywords

Boston Leeds Osteoarthritis Knee Score (BLOKS); Cross sectional and longitudinal assessment; Knee; Knee Osteoarthritis Scoring System (KOSS); MR Imaging; Osteoarthritis; Semiquantitative scoring; Whole Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (WORMS)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 67650687060     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2009.03.005     Document Type: Review

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