Computer-aided three dimensional assessment of knee-joint cartilage with magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 260-266

  Muensterer, O J ^b   Eckstein, Felix ^a   Hahn, D ^b   Putz, R ^b  

^a Anatomische Anstalt   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Biomechanics; Cartilage thickness; Cartilage volume; Knee joint; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthrosis; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHROSIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0030200886     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0268-0033(95)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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