Mechanical characterization of articular cartilage by combining magnetic resonance imaging and finite-element analysis - A potential functional imaging technique

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2425-2438

  Julkunen, P ^a,b   Korhonen, R K ^a,c   Nissi, M J ^a   Jurvelin, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COLLAGEN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COLLAGEN ORIENTATIONS; POTENTIAL FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; PROTEOGLYCAN (PG);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42449109160     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/9/014     Document Type: Article

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