Comparison of cartilage thickness with radiologic grade of knee osteoarthritis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 639-643

  Agnesi, Filippo ^a,b   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a   Frigo, Carlo A ^b   Kaufman, Kenton R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Computer program; Knee; MRI; Musculoskeletal disease; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 44449085041     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0483-y     Document Type: Article

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