Imaging the joint in osteoarthritis: a place for ultrasound?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-38

  Iagnocco, Annamaria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

cartilage lesions; musculoskeletal ultrasound; osteoarthritis; osteophytes; synovitis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

CARTILAGE; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 74549207959     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.08.012     Document Type: Review

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