A non-invasive technique for 3-dimensional assessment of articular cartilage thickness based on MRI part 2: Validation using CT arthrography

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 805-813

  Haubner, Michael ^a   Eckstein, Felix ^b   Schnier, Michael ^b,c   Lösch, Andreas ^a   Sittek, Harald ^c   Becker, Christoph ^c   Kolem, Heiner ^d   Reiser, Maximilian ^c   Englmeier, Karl Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Cartilage thickness; CT arthrography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030967791     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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