The Role of Power Doppler Ultrasonography as Disease Activity Marker in Rheumatoid Arthritis

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">PDUS grading [<a href="/journals/dm/2015/325909/#B11">11</a>]</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Grade 0: being with no signal visualized</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Grade 1: having one single or several vessels visualized</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Grade 2: less than 50% of the region of interest having signal</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Grade 3: being more than 50% of the region of interest having signal</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Semiquantitative grading of severity of Power Doppler signal in rheumatoid arthritis.

Disease Markers

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Table 2: The Role of Power Doppler Ultrasonography as Disease Activity Marker in Rheumatoid Arthritis 