Delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) and T2 characteristics of human knee articular cartilage: Topographical variation and relationships to mechanical properties

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Kurkijarvi J E ^a,b   Nissi, M J ^a   Kiviranta, I ^c   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a,b   Nieminen, M T ^d  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cartilage; dGEMRIC; T1; T2

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; COMPRESSION TESTING; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; GADOLINIUM; MACROMOLECULES;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; COMPRESSIVE STIFFNESS; DGEMRIC; MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSION TESTS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE; MACROMOLECULE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 4644312299     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20104     Document Type: Article

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