The collagen fibril structure in the superficial zone of articular cartilage by μMRI

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1519-1528

  Zheng, S ^a   Xia, Y ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Collagen fibrils; Microscopic MRI; Superficial zone; T2 anisotropy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMERUS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; DOGS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMERUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 70349764479     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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