Comparison of the manual and computer-aided techniques for evaluation of wrist synovitis using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI on a dedicated scanner

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-206

  Boesen, Mikael ^a   Kubassova, Olga ^b   Parodi, Massimiliano ^c   Bliddal, Henning ^a   Innocenti, Stefania ^c   Garlaschi, Giacomo ^c   Cimmino, Marco A ^c  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Image Analysis Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided detection (CAD); Motion reduction; MRI; Musculo skeletal radiology; Quantitative assessment of inflammation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79953805643     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.09.041     Document Type: Article

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