Author/Editor     Holc, Iztok; Pahor, Artur
Title     Pomen power Doppler ultrazvoka v diagnostiki vnetnih revmatskih bolezni
Translated title     The importance of power Doppler imaging in the diagnostics of inflammatory rheumatic diseases
Type     članek
Source     In: Križman I, editor. Interna medicina 2005: novosti in aktualnosti. Zbornik predavanj 2. kongres Združenja internistov SZD; 2005 okt 21-22; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Slovensko zdravniško društvo, Združenje internistov,
Publication year     2005
Volume     str. 147-51
Language     slo
Abstract     The accurate assessment of disease activity and joint damage in rheumatic diseases is essential. The sensitivity is improved by using Power Doppler imaging technique. It seems that Power Doppler imaging is promising the quantifying of synovitis in inflammatory diseases. It could be useful in longitudinal studies, especially in the assessment of treatment of rheumatic diseases with the disease modifying antiinflammatory drugs.
Descriptors     ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER
ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID
SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING