Inflammation is the hallmark and main driver of both inflammatory and infectious joint
diseases 1, 2 that will lead to rapid destruction of the joint structures if appropriate diagnosis …

Objective—To determine the items (question topics) for a subjective instrument to assess
degenerative joint disease (DJD)–associated chronic pain in cats and determine the …

Objectives To investigate the association between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
macroscopic and histological assessments of synovitis in end-stage knee osteoarthritis …

Objective. To assess the interobserver reliability between sonographers with different levels
of experience in detecting inflammatory and structural damage abnormalities in patients with …

Ultrasonography is a sensitive imaging modality that provides valuable information
regarding early inflammatory changes that are not detected by clinical examination or X …

Objective To explore whether synovitis and bone lesions in the wrists and finger joints
visualized by plain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based findings correspond exactly or …

BACKGROUND Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is initially treated with methotrexate and other
disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Active RA patients who fail such …

OBJECTIVE: Traditional methods for assessment of synovial inflammation in rheumatoid
arthritis such as clinical examination, immunohistology of bioptic samples, scintigraphy, and …

Objective To investigate the association between muscle perfusion in the peri-articular knee
muscles assessed by dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) …

A comprehensive assessment of the use of biomarkers in diagnostics and prognostics, this
book covers the history and current application of biomarkers, explores the technology used …