Quantitative and semiquantitative bone erosion assessment on high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 408-416

  Srikhum, Waraporn ^a,b   Virayavanich, Warapat ^a,c   Burghardt, Andrew J ^a   Yu, Andrew ^d   Link, Thomas M ^a   Imboden, John B ^e   Li, Xiaojuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging; Joint erosions; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84875837755     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120780     Document Type: Article

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