Quantitative MRI of cartilage and bone: Degenerative changes in osteoarthritis

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 822-854

  Eckstein, Felix ^a,b   Burstein, Deborah ^c   Link, Thomas M ^d  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Cartilage; Disease modifying drugs; Image analysis; Joint; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARTILAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BONE STRUCTURE; DISEASE-MODIFYING DRUGS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; BONE STRUCTURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 33751355842     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1063     Document Type: Review

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