Diffusion MRI in ischemic epiphysis of the femoral head: An experimental study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 471-477

  Li, Xiaoming ^a   Qi, Jianpin ^a   Xia, Liming ^a   Li, Honglian ^b   Hu, Junwu ^a   Yu, Cheng ^a   Pen, Wenjia ^a   Guan, Jian ^a   Hu, Daoyu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Epiphyseal; Femoral head; Ischemia; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE THICKENING; CELL DEATH; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPIPHYSEAL CARTILAGE; FEMORAL HEAD ISCHEMIA; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; HISTOLOGY; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCYTE; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPIPHYSES; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISCHEMIA; LIGATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE;

EID: 49049104157     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21458     Document Type: Article

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