A novel and non-destructive method to examine meniscus architecture using 9.4 Tesla MRI

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1417-1420

  Wang, M ^a   Radjenovic, A ^a   Stapleton, T W ^a   Venkatesh, R ^b   Williams, S ^a   Ingham, E ^a   Fisher, J ^a   Jin, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meniscus; MRI; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; CARTILAGE; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; SWINE;

EID: 78149414423     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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