Three-dimensional analysis and visualization of regional MR signal intensity distribution of articular cartilage

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-227

  Hohe, Jan ^a,b   Faber, Sonja ^c   Muehlbauer, Roland ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^c   Englmeier, Karl Hans ^b   Eckstein, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Cartilage biochemistry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Proton density; Signal intensity; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BONE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PROTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PROTON DENSITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

PROTON; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATION; CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EXCITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036226414     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(02)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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