Analysis of the factors which influence the measurement of synovial power Doppler signals with semi-quantitative and quantitative measures - A pilot multicenter exercise in Japan

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 419-425

  Ikeda, Kei ^a   Seto, Yohei ^b   Ohno, Shigeru ^c   Sakamoto, Fumihiko ^d   Henmi, Mihoko ^d   Fukae, Jun ^d   Narita, Akihiro ^d   Nakagomi, Daiki ^a   Nakajima, Hiroshi ^a   Tanimura, Kazuhide ^d   Koike, Takao ^e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inter observer reliability; Power Doppler; Pulse repetition frequency; Rheumatoid arthritis; Standardization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI QUANTITATIVE SCORE; SYNOVIAL POWER DOPPLER SIGNAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84900457169     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2013.843763     Document Type: Article

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