Macroscopic Structure of Articular Cartilage of the Tibial Plateau: Influence of a Characteristic Matrix Architecture on MRI Appearance

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-318

  Goodwin, Douglas W ^a   Wadghiri, Youssef Zaim ^b   Zhu, Haoqin ^c   Vinton, Christopher J ^d   Smith, Eric D ^e   Dunn, Jeff E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Millennium Technology Inc   (Canada)

^d UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e National Orthopedic Imaging Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 1642446504     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820311     Document Type: Article

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