Knee cartilage topography, thickness, and contact areas from MRI: In- vitro calibration and in-vivo measurements

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-109

  Cohen, Zohara A ^a   McCarthy, Denise M ^b   Kwak, S Daniel ^a   Legrand, Perrine ^a   Fogarasi, Fabian ^a   Ciaccio, Edward J ^a   Ateshian, Gerard A ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage thickness; Contact area; Knee surface topography; MRI accuracy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033028923     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joca.1998.0165     Document Type: Article

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