Pitfalls in interpreting rat knee joint magnetic resonance images and their histological correlation

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1042-1048

  Wang, Hao Hao ^a,b   Wang, Yi Xiang J ^b   Griffith, J F ^b   Sun, Yan Lin ^b,c   Zhang, Ge ^b   Chan, Chun Wai ^b   Qin, Ling ^b   Ahuja, A T ^b   Teng, Li Song ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Femur; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rat; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMUR; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; JOINT CARTILAGE; JOINT DISEASE; JOINT SURFACES; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; LABORATORY ANIMALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MR IMAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHIC;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARTILAGE; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); HISTOLOGY; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; RATS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 70449111772     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903156484     Document Type: Article

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