Segmentation and quantification of bone erosions in high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography datasets of the metacarpophalangeal joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-71

  Töpfer, Dominique ^a   Finzel, Stephanie ^a   Museyko, Oleg ^a   Schett, Georg ^a   Engelke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone erosions; HR pQCT; Image processing; Metacarpophalangeal joints; Precision analysis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BONE EROSIONS; HR-PQCT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS; PRECISION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890957188     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket259     Document Type: Article

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