Ability of ultrasound imaging to detect erosions in a bone phantom model

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1618-1622

  Koski, Juhani M ^a   Alasaarela, Eeva ^b   Soini, Irma ^c   Kemppainen, Kari ^c   Hakulinen, Ullamari ^a   Heikkinen, Jari O ^a   Laasanen, Mikko S ^d   Saarakkala, Simo ^e,f  

^a MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COW; ECHOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CATTLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956032276     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.126680     Document Type: Article

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