Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) morphological analysis of knee cartilage in healthy and anterior cruciate ligament-injured knees

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1496-1502

  Li, Hong ^a,b   Hosseini, Ali ^a   Li, Jing Sheng ^a   Gill IV, Thomas J ^a   Li, Guoan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Cartilage; Knee; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84864384896     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1723-6     Document Type: Article

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