公开(公告)号：US06564083B2

公开(公告)日：2003-05-13

申请号：US10021139

申请日：2001-12-12

申请人： Randall Marion Stevens

发明人： Randall Marion Stevens

IPC分类号： A61B5055

CPC分类号： A61B5/055 ,  A61B5/417 ,  A61B5/4504 ,  A61B5/4514 ,  A61B5/4528

摘要： A method of identifying, for a patient having pain of a joint, susceptibility to developing progressive osteoarthritis or loss of joint space, by determining in such patient the presence or absence of bone marrow edema about or of the joint. A determination of the presence of bone marrow edema about or of the joint identifies the patient as susceptible to developing progressive osteoarthritis or loss of joint space.