The influence of the resolution and contrast on measuring the articular cartilage volume in magnetic resonance images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 965-972

  Hardya, Peter A ^a   Newmark, Richard ^b   Liu, Yong Mei ^c   Meier, Dominik ^d   Norris, Steffanie ^d   Piraino, David W ^d   Shah, Amrik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c Ministry of Posts and   (China)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Articular cartilage; Knee

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; TIBIA;

EID: 0033652895     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(00)00186-7     Document Type: Article

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