Magnetic resonance chondro-crassometry (MR CCM): A method for accurate determination of articular cartilage thickness?

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-96

  Eckstein, Felix ^a,b,e   Sittek, Harald ^b   Gavazzeni, Antonia ^a,b   Schulte, Erik ^c   Milz, Stefan ^a   Kiefer, Berthold ^d   Reiser, Maximilian ^b   Putz, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e Anatomische Anstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

cartilage; cartilage thickness; joints, MR; magnetic resonance (MR), technology

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BAND SAWS; CARTILAGE THICKNESS; HIGH-PRECISION; IMAGE POINTS; MR IMAGES; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0030039545     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350112     Document Type: Article

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