A novel RF coil configuration for in-vivo and ex-vivo imaging of arthritic rabbit knee joints

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Anastasiou, Anastasios ^a   Hall, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Decoupling; MRI; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSTRUMENT; KNEE ARTHRITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0037220095     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(02)00636-7     Document Type: Article

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