Spatial variation in T1 of healthy human articular cartilage of the knee joint

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 990, 2010, Pages 476-485

  Wiener, Edzard ^a   Pfirrmann, C W A ^b   Hodler, J ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; KNEE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; ADOLESCENT; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952898459     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/62779246     Document Type: Article

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