Musculoskeletal ultrasonography in gout [PDF]
, 2015 Gout is a frequent inflammatory disease induced by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints and extra-articular tissues. The natural history of the disease includes four different phases: asymptomatic hyperuricemia, acute attacks ...
Finucci, Annacarla +3 more
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Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Elbow: A Case Report and Sonographic Findings [PDF]
, 2011 Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a disease rarely found in the elbow, and there is limited literature describing its ultrasonographic morphology.
Chen, Wen-Shiang +3 more
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A randomized controlled trial of PEEK versus titanium interference screws for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with 2-year follow-up [PDF]
, 2019 Purpose: To compare the clinical performance of ACL reconstruction with PEEK and titanium interference screws at 2 years and to evaluate a novel method of measuring tunnel volume. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial; Level of evidence, 1.
Facek, Michael +6 more
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High Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Adults with Fever Admitted at a Tertiary Hospital in North-western Tanzania [PDF]
, 2012 Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death in developing countries where HIV is endemic. This hospital based study was done to estimate the magnitude of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and to determine predictors of tuberculosis among febrile ...
Kabangila, Rodrick +4 more
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Protocol for the Foot in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis trial (FiJIA): a randomised controlled trial of an integrated foot care programme for foot problems in JIA [PDF]
, 2009 <b>Background</b>: Foot and ankle problems are a common but relatively neglected manifestation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Studies of medical and non-medical interventions have shown that clinical outcome measures can be improved ...
A Manca +60 more
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Thoracic Disease Identification and Localization with Limited Supervision
, 2018 Accurate identification and localization of abnormalities from radiology images play an integral part in clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. Building a highly accurate prediction model for these tasks usually requires a large number of images ...
Fei-Fei, Li +6 more
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PadChest: A large chest x-ray image dataset with multi-label annotated reports [PDF]
, 2019 We present a labeled large-scale, high resolution chest x-ray dataset for the automated exploration of medical images along with their associated reports.
Bustos, Aurelia +3 more
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Will pleural fluid affect surface wave speed measurements of the lung using lung ultrasound surface wave elastography: experimental and numerical studies on sponge phantom? [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Pleural effusion manifested as compression of pleural fluid on the lung parenchyma, contributing to hypoxemia. Medical procedure such as drainage of plural fluid releases this compression and increase the oxygenation. However, the effect of pleural effusion on the elasticity of lung parenchyma is unknown.
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Detection and quantification of glenohumeral joint effusion: reliability of ultrasound [PDF]
, 2018 Objectives: To evaluate reliability of ultrasound for detection and quantification of glenohumeral joint effusion. Methods: With institutional review board approval and informed consent ultrasound of 30 consecutive patients before and after MR ...
Jost, Bernhard +4 more
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Biomechanical factors and physical examination findings in osteoarthritis of the knee: associations with tissue abnormalities assessed by conventional radiography and high resolution 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging [PDF]
, 2012 INTRODUCTION: We aimed to explore the associations between knee osteoarthritis (OA)-related tissue abnormalities assessed by conventional radiography (CR) and by high-resolution 3.0 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as biomechanical factors
Dekker, Joost +10 more
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