In vivo time course studies of the tissue responses to resorbable polylactic acid implants by means of MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 210-214

  Stroman, Patrick W ^a   Dorvil, Jean Claude ^a   Marois, Yves ^a   Poddevin, Nicolas ^b   Guidoin, Robert ^a,c  

^a Quebec Biomaterials Institute   (Canada)

^b DePuy Bioland   (France)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Inflammation; MRI; Orthopaedic implants; Polylactic acid; T1; T2

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CURRICULA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POLYESTERS; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS;

INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY PROCESS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS; POLY LACTIC ACID; RELAXATION RATES; TISSUE RESPONSE; TISSUE WATER CONTENT;

TISSUE;

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALING; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RABBIT; RELAXATION TIME; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE WATER;

EID: 0032769516     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199907)42:1<210::AID-MRM29>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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