Yes, you can see cartilage with x-rays; diffraction enhanced x-ray imaging for soft and hard tissues

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-370

  Muehleman, Carol ^a   Li, J ^a   Wernick, M ^b   Brankov, J ^b   Kuettner, K ^a   Zhong, Z ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; DEI; Imaging; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE MENISCUS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 12344331575     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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