Quantification of synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Do we really need quantitative measurement of contrast-enhanced ultrasound?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-241

  Platzgummer, Hannes ^a   Schueller, Gerd ^a   Grisar, Johannes ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Schueller Weidekamm, Claudia ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Joint; Musculoskeletal system; Pulse Inversion Harmonic Imaging; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

JOINT; PULSE-INVERSION HARMONIC IMAGING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PROSTHETICS; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

SONOVUE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

EID: 67651235643     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.03.044     Document Type: Article

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