Initial results of in vivo high-resolution morphological and biochemical cartilage imaging of patients after matrix-associated autologous chondrocyte transplantation (MACT) of the ankle

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 751-760

  Quirbach, Sebastian ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a   Marlovits, Stefan ^a   Zimmermann, Valentin ^a   Domayer, Stephan ^a   Dorotka, Ronald ^a   Mamisch, Tallal C ^b   Bohndorf, Klaus ^c   Welsch, Goetz H ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle; Diffusion weighted imaging; MACT; MOCART; MRI; T2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION; MALE; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RELAXATION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249098254     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0682-1     Document Type: Article

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