Fluorescence optical imaging in pediatric patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint diseases: a comparative study with ultrasonography

Fluorescence optical imaging in pediatric patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint diseases: a comparative study with ultrasonography

Abstract Background Valid detection of arthritis is essential in differential diagnosis of joint pain. Indocyanin green (ICG)-enhanced fluorescence optical imaging (FOI) is a new imaging method that visualizes inflammation in wrist and finger joints. Objectives of this study were to compare FOI with...

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Main Authors: Marisa Christin Beck, Anne-Marie Glimm, Sarah Ohrndorf, Kirsten Minden, Ralf Trauzeddel, Stephanie Gabriele Werner, Gerd Horneff, Marina Backhaus, Gerd Rüdiger Burmester, Tilmann Kallinich, Hermann Girschick, Jens Klotsche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Arthralgia
Imaging
Fluorescence optical imaging
Ultrasound
Power Doppler
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-017-1440-8

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