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Musculoskeletal ultrasound and MRI: which do I choose? pdf Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2005 Jun;9(2):135-49. Comparative Study; Review ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Focused Impact on MRI This article will compare and contrast…
MRI Findings Match Patients' Experience With RA Patient-reported outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) correlate independently with measures of inflammation and structural damage on MRI scans,… rheumnow.com MRI Measures of Synovitis…
Reliability of Ultrasound in Detecting Cartilage Change in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Study By Omeract Ultrasound Task Force Background/Purpose: The assessment of cartilage and bone damage in rheumatoid arthritis…
Safety, Tolerability and Feasibility of Minimally Invasive Ultrasound-Guided Synovial Biopsy of Wrist and Metacarpophalangeal Joints – an Ultrasound Follow-up Study Background/Purpose: The development of ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy will enable synovial…
Systematic Review of the Value of Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Musculoskeletal Imaging in the Evaluation of Response to Treatment of Gout Systematic Review of the Value of Ultrasound and Magnetic…
Diagnosing Acute Microcrystalline Arthritis With Ultrasound How accurate is ultrasound when used as a diagnostic tool in acute microcrystalline arthritis? medscape.com Tips and tricks to recognize microcrystalline arthritis Emilio Filippucci,…
Salivary gland ultrasonography: a highly specific tool for the early diagnosis of primary Sjögren’s syndrome Recently, a great interest has arisen for salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) as a valuable tool…
Ultrasound in vasculitis Full Papers; Authors: Wolfgang A. Schmidt clinexprheumatol.org Role of ultrasound in the understanding and management of vasculitis Vasculitis is characterized by a circumferential vessel-wall thickening (‘halo’),… journals.sagepub.com Ultrasonography…
Ultrasound-detected pathologies cluster into groups with different clinical outcomes: data from 3000 community referrals for shoulder pain Ultrasound is increasingly used to evaluate shoulder pain, but the benefits of this…
Subclinical dermal involvement is detectable by high frequency ultrasound even in patients with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis The aim of the study was to detect by skin high-frequency ultrasound (US)…
