T2* mapping of articular cartilage: current status of research and first clinical applications

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-62

  Andreisek, Gustav ^a   Weiger, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

articular cartilage; magnetic resonance imaging; T2* mapping

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAGNETIC FIELD; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SHOULDER; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ARTHROPATHY; CHONDROPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; JOINT DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84890437655     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3182a574e1     Document Type: Review

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