Estimation of mechanical properties of articular cartilage with MRI - dGEMRIC, T2 and T1 imaging in different species with variable stages of maturation

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1141-1148

  Nissi, M J ^a   Rieppo, J ^a   Toyras J ^b   Laasanen, M S ^c   Kiviranta, I ^d   Nieminen, M T ^e   Jurvelin, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Biomechanics; dGEMRIC; T1 relaxation; T2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWINE;

EID: 34548588301     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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