Feasibility of photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging of synovitis in finger joints using a point-of-care system

We evaluate a portable ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging (PAI) system for the feasibility of a point-of-care assessment of clinically evident synovitis. Inflamed and non-inflamed proximal interphalangeal joints of 10 patients were examined and compared with joints from 7 healthy volunteers. PAI s...

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Autores principales: van den Berg, Pim J., Daoudi, Khalid, Bernelot Moens, Hein J., Steenbergen, Wiendelt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28913168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2017.08.002