Measurement of articular cartilage thickness in the articulated knee

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-102

  Wayne, J S ^a   Brodrick, C W ^a,b   Mukherjee, N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Digital imaging; Image analysis; Precision; Radiography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTICULATED KNEE;

CARTILAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; LOADING TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031965220     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.76     Document Type: Article

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