Osteoarthritis. A Review of Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Imaging Options.

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 567-591

  Guermazi, Ali ^a   Hayashi, Daichi ^a   Roemer, Frank W ^a   Felson, David T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRAPHY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS;

ARTHROGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878161442     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: 15583163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2013.02.001     Document Type: Review

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