Superb Microvascular Imaging Compared With Power Doppler Ultrasound in Assessing Synovitis of the Knee in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Preliminary Study.

Deniz AlisBurak Caglar ErolSerkan AkbasKenan BarutOzgur KasapcopurIbrahim Adaletli

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2019)

Superb Microvascular Imaging was superior to PDUS in depicting blood flow in the hypertrophied synovial tissue in the knee of patients with clinically active JIA. Superb Microvascular Imaging seems to a promising tool and a valuable adjunct to conventional US in assessing inflammation of the synovial tissue in patients with JIA.

Keyphrases

juvenile idiopathic arthritis
blood flow
high resolution
total knee arthroplasty
magnetic resonance imaging
oxidative stress
knee osteoarthritis
mass spectrometry
fluorescence imaging
systemic lupus erythematosus
anterior cruciate ligament
anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction