Advanced morphological 3D magnetic resonance observation of cartilage repair tissue (MOCART) scoring using a new isotropic 3D proton-density, turbo spin echo sequence with variable flip angle distribution (PD-SPACE) compared to an isotropic 3D steady-state free precession sequence (True-FISP) and standard 2D sequences

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 180-188

  Welsch, Goetz H ^a,b   Zak, Lukas ^a   Mamisch, Tallal C ^c   Paul, Dominik ^d   Lauer, Lars ^d   Mauerer, Andreas ^b   Marlovits, Stefan ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cartilage repair; MOCART; PD SPACE; True FISP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTROPIC THREE DIMENSIONAL PROTON DENSITY TURBO SPIN ECHO SEQUENCE WITH VARIABLE FLIP ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; ISOTROPIC THREE DIMENSONAL STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION SEQUENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRIX ASSOCIATED AUTOLOGOUS CHRONDROCYTE TRANSPLANTATION OF THE KNEE JOINT; MORPHOLOGICAL THREE DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE OBSERVATION OF CARTILAGE REPAIR TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650631806     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22399     Document Type: Article

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