title: Quantitative radiography in osteoarthritis: microfocal radiography.
abstract: Quantitative macroradiography of patients with hand and knee OA, employing standardized radiographic and mensural procedures, permit: accurate and reproducible measurements of all radiographic features. significant changes in JSW and osteophyte number and size to be detected within as short a period as 18 months. therapeutic effects upon articular cartilage to be determined from changes in JSW. a better understanding of the disease process from an evaluation of the relative changes in the different radiographic features of OA.
authors.affiliation: Division of Anatomy, United Medical School of Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Buckland-Wright
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001175:Arthrography / Q000379:methods*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008852:Microradiography / Q000379:methods*; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal