Sentence examples for joint imaging from inspiring English sources
In this paper, we present an overview of current state-of-the -art technology, including hardware and image-reconstruction algorithms, and focus on applications in brain and joint imaging.
Relevance of adjacent joint imaging in the evaluation of ankle fractures.
To develop a RF coil system for joint imaging of intracranial and extracranial arterial vessel wall at 3T.
Four domains – pain, physical function, patient global assessment, and joint imaging (for studies >̄1 year in duration) – have been identified as core outcome measures for Phase III clinical trials of OA.
To evaluate the efficacy of anti-rheumatic agents in animal models of arthritis, we developed a high throughput knee and ankle joint imaging assay to measure BMD as a translational biomarker.
Plain radiography should be provided and chest, bone and joint imaging is widely utilised by primary care services.
Current evidence is based mainly on studies in which the investigators assessed pathology on the basis of whole-joint imaging, which may have decreased sensitivity for the detection of local activity in the different areas of the synovium.
Within the diagnostic work-up of degenerative disease in small joints, imaging techniques such as conventional radiographs, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are unable to accurately depict thin cartilage layers in clinical diagnostics.
Because F-FDG PET can be used to precisely recognize an increase in synovitis in affected joints, imaging studies with F-FDG PET have been performed to assess the metabolic activity of synovitis in RA patients and evaluate the disease activity of RA [ 13– 17].
Another interesting study was performed by the same authors for the direct comparison of joint-imaging characteristics of inflammation specific and non-specific mAbs in a long-standing severe RA patient [ 58].
However, since OA is increasingly recognized to involve the whole joint, modern imaging techniques such as ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been introduced recently for evaluation of hand OA.
