A three-dimensional quantitative method to measure meniscus shape, position, and signal intensity using MR Images: A pilot study and preliminary results in knee osteoarthritis

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1162-1171

  Wirth, Wolfgang ^a,b   Frobell, Richard B ^a   Souza, Richard B ^c   Li, Xiaojuan ^c   Wyman, Bradley T ^d   Hellio Le Graverand, Marie Pierre ^d   Link, Thomas M ^c   Majumdar, Sharmila ^c   Eckstein, Felix ^a,b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage; Extrusion; Meniscus; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COVERAGE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MENISCUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SECTION THICKNESS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955294865     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22380     Document Type: Article

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