Magnetization transfer contrast and T2 mapping in the evaluation of cartilage repair tissue with 3T MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 979-986

  Welsch, Goetz H ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a   Scheffler, Klaus ^b   Szomonanyi, Pavol ^a,c   Quirbach, Sebastian ^a   Marlovits, Stefan ^a   Domayer, Stephan ^a   Bieri, Oliver ^b   Mamisch, Tallal C ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT SCIENCE   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Cartilage repair; Magnetization transfer contrast; MRI; T2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE FRACTURE; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARTILAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 53549099659     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21516     Document Type: Article

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