Imaging in arthritis: Quantifying effects of therapeutic intervention using MRI and molecular imaging

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cimmino, Marco A ^a   Barbieri, Francesca ^a   Zampogna, Giuseppe ^a   Camellino, Dario ^a   Paparo, Francesco ^b   Parodi, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Biofluorescence; CT; Imaging; MRI; PET; Psoriatic arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BIOFLUORESCENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LARGE VESSEL VASCULITIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SYNOVITIS; VASCULITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856773931     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13326     Document Type: Article

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