Ronald S. Adler, PhD, MD

Selected Research

NIH 1RO1AR42667-01A1: "Quantitative Assessment of Cartilage Fibrillatory changes in Osteoarthritis using Ultrasound". Principal Investigator: Ronald S. Adler, Ph.D., M.D.

1. Development of a prototype transducer system to obtain spatially registered estimates of surface roughness.

2. Decorrelation-based algorithm estimate specific perfusion using Doppler techniques.

3. Power Doppler imaging in patients with muscle inflammatory disease.

4. Use of power Doppler techniques in evaluating symptomatic neuromas of the forefoot.

5. Plantar fasciitis: radiographic and ultrasound correlation.

6. Evaluation of the glenoid labrum in cadeveric specimens.

Appointments

Associate Clinical Investigator, Hospital for Special Surgery

Ronald S. Adler, PhD, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

For Professionals

• Ultrasound and MRI in the Early Diagnosis of Joint Damage in RA
• Ultrasound-guided interdigital neuroma injections: Short term clinical outcomes after a single percutaneous injection – preliminary results
• Clinical outcomes of ultrasound-guided aspiration and lavage in calcific tendinosis of the shoulder
• Use of Ultrasonographic Guidance for Needle Localization of Osteoid Osteoma of the Capitate

Selected Publications

Newman JS, Laing TJ, McCarthy CJ, Adler RS-Power Doppler Sonography in Synovitis: Assessment of Therapeutic Response-Preliminary Observations. Radiology 1996; 198:582-584

Chiang EH, Laing TJ, Meyer CR, Boes JL, Rubin JM, Adler RS-Ultrasonic characterization of in vitro osteoarthritic articular cartilage with validation by confocal microscopy. Ultrasound Med Biol 1997; 23:205-213

Adler RS, Bell DS, Bamber JC, Moskovic E, Thomas JM. Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses using Segmented Color Doppler Velocity images: Preliminary Observations American Journal of Roentgenology.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Clinical Trials

• A Study of Hyaluronan (Synvisc) for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis in the Thumb: Randomized Control Trial
• Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injection for Idiopathic Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder
• Quantitative Assessment of the Synovial Vascularity in Early Inflammatory Arthritis