The in vivo effects of unloading and compression on T1-Gd (dGEMRIC) relaxation times in healthy articular knee cartilage at 3.0 Tesla

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Mayerhoefer, Marius E ^a   Welsch, Goetz H ^a,b   Mamisch, Tallal C ^c   Kainberger, Franz ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Nemec, Stefan ^a   Friedrich, Klaus M ^a   Dirisamer, Albert ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3T MR imaging; Articular cartilage disorders; MR imaging diagnosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951218513     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1559-3     Document Type: Article

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