Morphometric differences between the medial and lateral meniscus in healthy men -A three-dimensional analysis using magnetic resonance imaging

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-364

  Bloecker, K ^a   Wirth, W ^a,b   Hudelmaier, M ^a,b   Burgkart, R ^c   Frobell, R ^a,d   Eckstein, F ^a,b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Knee joint; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meniscus; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KNEE LATERAL MENISCUS; KNEE MEDIAL MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84859008845     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327012     Document Type: Article

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