Arthroscopic ultrasound assessment of articular cartilage in the human knee joint: A potential diagnostic method

Cartilage

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-253

  Kaleva, Erna ^a   Virén, Tuomas ^a   Saarakkala, Simo ^a,b   Sahlman, Janne ^c   Sirola, Joonas ^c   Puhakka, Jani ^d   Paatela, Teemu ^e   Kröger, Heikki ^a,c   Kiviranta, Ilkka ^d,e   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^a   Töyräs, Juha ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Cartilage; Knee; Subchondral bone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857130078     PISSN: 19476035     EISSN: 19476043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1947603510391781     Document Type: Article

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