Kinematic biomechanical assessment of human articular cartilage transplants in the knee using 3-T MRI: An in vivo reproducibility study

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1246-1252

  Juras, Vladimir ^a,b,e   Welsch, Goetz H ^a,e   Millington, Steven ^c   Szomolanyi, Pavol ^a,b,e   Mamisch, Tallal C ^d   Pinker, Katja ^a,e   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT SCIENCE   (Slovakia)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autologous; Chondrocytes; MR imaging diagnosis; MR imaging kinematics; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHONDROCYTES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 64249092269     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1242-0     Document Type: Article

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