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

Table 3 Group I and II: correlation of FOI, GSUS/PDUS, and CE on the patient level; standardized β (p value)

	Number of joints with active arthritis	GSUS	PDUS
FOI any phase	0.54 (<0.001)	0.48 (<0.001)	0.43 (0.001)
PVM	0.45 (0.001)	0.38 (0.006)	0.43 (0.001)
P1	0.52 (<0.001)	0.50 (<0.001)	0.38 (0.006)
P2	0.54 (<0.001)	0.45 (0.001)	0.51 (<0.001)
P3	0.32 (0.020)	0.46 (0.001)	0.43 (0.002)
GSUS	0.63 (<0.001)	–	–
PDUS	0.69 (<0.001)	–	–

FOI fluorescence optical imaging, CE clinical examination (joints with clinically active arthritis), GSUS ultrasonography in gray-scale mode, PDUS ultrasonography in power Doppler mode, PVM Prima Vista Mode, P1–P3 FOI phases 1–3

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