Quantification of small joint space width, periarticular bone microstructure and erosions using high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 0243-0250

  Barnabe, Cheryl ^a   Szabo, Eva ^a   Martin, Liam ^a   Boyd, Steven K ^a   Barr, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; High resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE DENSITY; BONE EROSION; BONE MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT SPACE WIDTH; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERIARTICULAR BONE MICROSTRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY; ARTHROGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINGER JOINT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875776920     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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