Imaging of Osteoarthritis

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-105

  Guermazi, Ali ^a   Hayashi, Daichi ^a   Eckstein, Felix ^b   Hunter, David J ^c   Duryea, Jeff ^d   Roemer, Frank W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Imaging; MR imaging; Osteoarthritis; PET; Radiography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN HYDROLYSATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; SUBCHONDRAL BONE PLATE; SYNOVITIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872299318     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: 15583163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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