Comparison Photo Optical Imaging with Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Clinical Examination in the Assessment of Inflammatory Activity in Proximal Interphalangeal Joints in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis.

CONCLUSION: The Lightscan is a new technology offering sensitive imaging detection of inflammatory changes in subjects with RA and OA with PIP arthritis. POI was more sensitive than CE and correlated significantly to GSUS and PDUS, while presenting a higher sensitivity and specificity for the detection of healthy subjects versus patients (RA, OA) based on the ROC analysis. PMID: 26233506 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: J Rheumatol - August 1, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Amitai I, Werner S, Schicke B, Burmester GR, Minet O, Zabaryło U, Backhaus M, Ohrndorf S Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research