Quantitative MR Imaging of Cartilage and Trabecular Bone in Osteoarthritis

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 655-673

  Eckstein, Felix ^a,b   Guermazi, Ali ^c,d   Roemer, Frank W ^c,e  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Boston Imaging Core Lab   (United States)

^e KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Knee; MR imaging; Osteoarthritis; Progression; Risk factors; Subregional; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY MASS; BONE MALFORMATION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 67650648443     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2009.03.002     Document Type: Review

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