THREE-DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ULTRASOUND IMPROVES THE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY FOR ASSESSING INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
K Strube, C Rumbaur, P Klingenberger, U Lange, U Müller-Ladner, J Strunk · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2005 · Heft 09
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Purpose: 2D and 3D Power Doppler ultrasound ist able to reproduce intraarticular synovial blood vessel formation in inflamed joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.[1] The goal of this study was to determine whether three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound improves the evaluation of inflammatory intensity as compared with two-dimensional ultrasound. Methods and Materials: 48 examinations of inflamed wrists were made by power Doppler sonography with a HDI 5000 ultrasound system (ATL, Philips, Bothell, WA, USA), equipped with a linear array transducer (5–12MHz). In a region with high Doppler signal intensi…