The effect of paraformaldehyde fixation on the delayed Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI of Cartilage (dGEMRIC) measurement

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 536-539

  Dugar, Arushi ^a,b   Farley, Michelle L ^a,b,c   Wang, Angeline L ^a,b   Goldring, Mary B ^d   Goldring, Steven R ^b,d   Swaim, Bryan H ^b   Bierbaum, Benjamin E ^b   Burstein, Deborah ^a,c   Gray, Martha L ^a,b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; dGEMRIC; Fixation; Fixed charge; GAG

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PENTETIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DELAYED GADOLINIUM ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF CARTILAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TISSUE FIXATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; FORMALDEHYDE; GADOLINIUM; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 63349106745     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20767     Document Type: Article

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