The evolution of ultrasound in rheumatology

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 399-411

  Kang, Taeyoung ^a   Lanni, Stefano ^b   Nam, Jackie ^c   Emery, Paul ^c   Wakefield, Richard J ^c  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evolution; musculoskeletal ultrasound; rheumatology ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ELASTOGRAPHY; FUSION IMAGING; GOUT; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGOUT; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 84878367458     PISSN: 1759720X     EISSN: 17597218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X12460116     Document Type: Review

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