Recent advances in MRI of articular cartilage

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 628-638

  Gold, Garry E ^a   Chen, Christina A ^a   Koo, Seungbum ^b   Hargreaves, Brian A ^a   Bangerter, Neal K ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced steady state free precession imaging; bSSFP; Cartilage; Joint imaging; MRI; Osteoarthritis; Rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; SODIUM 23;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 69949090502     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3042     Document Type: Review

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