The role of imaging in osteoarthritis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-60

  Roemer, Frank W ^a,b,c   Eckstein, Felix ^d   Hayashi, Daichi ^a,e   Guermazi, Ali ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYALURONIC ACID; LEPTIN; LICOFELONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SPRIFERMIN;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE MARROW; BONE METABOLISM; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OSTEOPHYTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CT; IMAGING; MR IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PET; RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84901588454     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2014.02.002     Document Type: Review

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