Evaluation of chondral repair using quantitative MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1287-1299

  Nieminen, Miika T ^a,b   Nissi, Mikko J ^c   Mattila, Lauri ^a   Kiviranta, Ilkka ^d,e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

articular cartilage; collagen; glycosaminoglycans; magnetic resonance imaging; proteoglycans; repair

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; MICROSPHERE; POLYGLACTIN; SODIUM 23; THROMBIN;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MARROW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CHONDROPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; IMAGING; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE OBSERVATION OF CARTILAGE REPAIR TISSUE SCALE; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SWEEP IMAGING WITH FOURIER TRANSFORM IMAGING; T1 RELAXATION TIME; T2 RELAXATION TIME; TIME; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE WATER; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME IMAGING;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869402483     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23644     Document Type: Review

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