Cartilage and meniscal T2 relaxation time as non-invasive biomarker for knee osteoarthritis and cartilage repair procedures

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1474-1484

  Baum, T ^a   Joseph, G B ^b   Karampinos, D C ^a   Jungmann, P M ^a   Link, T M ^b   Bauer, J S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage and meniscal T2 relaxation time; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY MASS; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; DETERIORATION; GENDER; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE REPAIR; WATER CONTENT;

CARTILAGE AND MENISCAL T2 RELAXATION TIME; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884168326     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.07.012     Document Type: Review

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