Assessment of cartilage-dedicated sequences at ultra-high-field MRI: Comparison of imaging performance and diagnostic confidence between 3.0 and 7.0 T with respect to osteoarthritis-induced changes at the knee joint

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 771-783

  Stahl, Robert ^a,b   Krug, Roland ^a   Kelley, Douglas A C ^c   Zuo, Jin ^a   Ma, C Benjamin ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a   Link, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage imaging; Cartilage lesions; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultra high field technology

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIZZINESS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68249095704     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0676-z     Document Type: Article

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