Imaging of osteoarthritis: Update from a radiological perspective

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 484-491

  Guermazi, Ali ^a   Roemer, Frank W ^a   Hayashi, Daichi ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

imaging of osteoarthritis; MRI; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; GADOLINIUM;

BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MENISCAL REPAIR; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

BONE CYSTS; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 80052025322     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e328349c2d2     Document Type: Review

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