Real-Time Ultrasonic Assessment of Progressive Proteoglycan Depletion in Articular Cartilage

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1085-1092

  Wang, Qing ^a   Zheng, Yong Ping ^a   Qin, Ling ^b   Huang, Qing Hua ^a   Lam, Wai Ling ^a   Leung, Gina ^a   Guo, Xia ^a   Lu, Hong Bin ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Osteoarthritis; Proteoglycan depletion; Trypsin digestion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARTILAGE; ESTIMATION; HISTOLOGY; LIGAMENTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE THICKNESS; DIGESTION PROCESS; EARLY DETECTION; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA); PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION; PROTEOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCAN DEPLETION; TRYPSIN DIGESTION; ULTRASONIC ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND DATA;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

PROTEOGLYCAN; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE DIGESTION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH FREQUENCY ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; PROTEOGLYCANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRYPSIN;

EID: 45949087437     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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