Ultrasonography in Osteoarthritis

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 581-594

  Keen, Helen I ^a   Conaghan, Philip G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Osteoarthritis; Osteophytes; Synovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIGAMENT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDON DISEASE;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; JOINTS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67650770610     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2009.04.007     Document Type: Review

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