Non-invasive analysis of cartilage volume and thickness in the human elbow joint with MRI;Nichtinvasive Analyse des Knorpelvolumens und der Knorpeldicke im menschlichen Ellbogengelenk mittels MRT

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 331-338

  Springer, V ^a   Graichen, H ^a   Stammberger, T ^b,c   Englmeier, K H ^c   Reiser, M ^b   Eckstein, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Articular cartilage; Cartilage degeneration; Cartilage thickness; Computer model; Elbow joint; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIUS; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULNA; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT BEARING;

CAPITULUM; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031819933     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0940-9602(98)80038-1     Document Type: Article

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