Imaging of Synovitis in Osteoarthritis: Current Status and Outlook

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-130

  Hayashi, Daichi ^a   Roemer, Frank W ^a,b   Katur, Avinash ^a   Felson, David T ^a   Yang, Seoung Oh ^c   Alomran, Faris ^d   Guermazi, Ali ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c Asia Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Hand; Imaging; Knee; MRI; OA; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ B2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G TC 99M; INDIUM CHLORIDE IN 111; J 001 TC 99M; OKT 3 TC 99M; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND DISEASE; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER DISEASE; SYNOVIAL HYPERTROPHY; SYNOVITIS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 80052030803     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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