Radioisotope scanning using a gamma camera.
Sixteen outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis took part in a placebo controlled double-blind crossover study. In addition to conventional measurements, a radioactive index was measured using a gamma camera that indicated a radioactive count over the measured joints and a comparable area of normal adjacent bone. This index showed poor correlation with other conventional measurements of change in the clinical trial.
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging