Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of subchondral bone and cartilage thickness measurement from MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 707-714

  McGibbon, Chris A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Magnetic resonance imaging; Measurement reliability; Subchondral bone; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037590458     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(03)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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