MRI of the cartilage

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2781-2793

  Imhof, H ^a   Nobauer Huhmann I M ^a   Krestan, C ^a   Gahleitner, A ^a   Sulzbacher, I ^b   Marlovits, S ^a   Trattnig, S ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cartilage; MRI

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALIN; IONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AWARENESS; BODY FAT; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; HISTOLOGY; JOINT;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0036833832     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1301-2     Document Type: Review

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