Femoro-Tibial Cartilage Metrics from Coronal MR Image Data: Technique, Test-Retest Reproducibility, and Findings in Osteoarthritis

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1229-1236

  Glaser, Christian ^a   Burgkart, Rainer ^b   Kutschera, Andrea ^a,c   Englmeier, Karl Hans ^d   Reiser, Maximilian ^a   Eckstein, Felix ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Femur; Knee joint; MR imaging; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARTILAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY;

FEMUR; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE JOINT; MEDIAL FEMORAL CONDYLE; MR IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA;

EID: 0345168011     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10648     Document Type: Article

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