Imaging in osteoarthritis: What have we learned and where are we going?

Minerva Medica

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-32

  Hayashi, D ^a   Guermazi, A ^a,b   Crema, M D ^a,b,c,d   Roemer, F W ^a,b,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston Imaging Core Lab   (United States)

^c Institute of Diagnostic Imaging IDI   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis; Radiography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79956316926     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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