Quantitative computerized joint scanning in rheumatoid arthritis: an accurate reproducible method of quantitating synovitis--preliminary report.
Clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis have been hampered by the highly subjective nature of disease assessment measures and lack of a consistently reliable laboratory test to follow. The authors devised a method of quantitating synovitis by computerized joint scanning and compared it with six conventional parameters in 18 patients entered into two treatment protocols and a control group. The results indicate that quantitative joint scanning probably is at least as reliable as the conventional measures and has the advantage of having no placebo or subjective component.
Wallace
D J
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Brachman
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Feldman
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Reichman
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Klinenberg
J R
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D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007596:Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013585:Synovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging