T1rho, T2 and focal knee cartilage abnormalities in physically active and sedentary healthy subjects versus early OA patients - A 3.0-Tesla MRI study

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-143

  Stahl, Robert ^a,b   Luke, Anthony ^a   Li, Xiaojuan ^a   Carballido Gamio, Julio ^a   Ma, Benjamin C ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a   Link, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis; T1rho relaxation time; T2 relaxation time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY MASS; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; T1RHO WEIGHTED IMAGING; T2 WEIGHTED IMAGING; WORMS SCORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59249096475     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1107-6     Document Type: Article

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