Power Doppler ultrasonography for assessment of rheumatoid synovitis: Comparison with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-137

  Fukuba, Eiji ^a   Yoshizako, Takeshi ^a   Kitagaki, Hajime ^a   Murakawa, Yohko ^a   Kondo, Masahiro ^a   Uchida, Nobue ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic MRI; Power Doppler; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; DYNAMIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DYNAMIC MRI; FINGER JOINTS; POWER DOPPLER; POWER DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHIES; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVITIS;

DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC SYNOVITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84872391816     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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