Thats a unique idea.You should consider the following idea to enhance your idea so that it would impact uniquely: The purpose of the study is to validate the semi-automated method using tomosynthesis images for the assessment of finger joint space narrowing (JSN) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), by using the semi-quantitative scoring method as the reference standard. Tnty patients (14 females and 6 males) with RA re included in this retrospective study. All patients undernt radiography and tomosynthesis of the bilateral hand and wrist. Two rheumatologists and a radiologist independently scored JSN with two modalities according to the Sharp/van der Heijde score. Two observers independently measured joint space width on tomosynthesis images using an in-house semi-automated method. More joints with JSN re revealed with tomosynthesis score (243 joints) and the semi-automated method (215 joints) than with radiography (120 joints), and the associations beten tomosynthesis scores and radiography scores re demonstrated (P < 0.001). There was significant, negative correlation beten measured joint space width and tomosynthesis scores with r = −0.606 (P < 0.001) in metacarpophalangeal joints and r = −0.518 (P < 0.001) in proximal interphalangeal joints. Inter-observer and intra-observer agreement of the semi-automated method using tomosynthesis images was in almost perfect agreement with intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) values of 0.964 and 0.963, respectively. The semi-automated method using tomosynthesis images provided sensitive, quantitative, and reproducible measurement of finger joint space in patients with RA.
['Shota Ichikawa', 'Tamotsu Kamishima', 'Kenneth Sutherland', 'Hideki Kasahara', 'Yuka Shimizu', 'Motoshi Fujimori', 'Nobutoshi Yasojima', 'Yohei Ono', 'Takahiko Kaneda', 'Takao Koike']
I am writing a research paper on a idea Semi-Automated Quantification of Finger Joint Space Narrowing Using Tomosynthesis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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