Table 3

 Correlations of power Doppler signal amount to histopathological parameters

rp Value
NS, not significant.
Histopathological score0.239NS
Villous hypertrophy of the synovialsurface−0.172NS
Surface fibrin0.328<0.05
Multiplication of synovial lining0.071NS
Subsynovial polymorphonuclear leucocytes0.397<0.01
Subsynovial mononuclear leucocytes0.134NS
Proliferation of blood vessels−0.03NS
Fibrosis0.131NS