Temporal in vivo assessment of fresh osteochondral allograft transplants to the distal aspect of the femur by dGEMRIC (delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage) and zonal T2 mapping MRI

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 564-572

  Brown, Dawson S ^a   Durkan, Michael G ^b   Foss, Erik W ^a   Szumowski, Jerzy ^a   Crawford, Dennis C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GADOPENTETATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL FEMORAL CHONDRAL DEFECT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNATIONAL KNEE DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE SUBJECTIVE SCORE; KNEE COIL; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; LEG INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898456219     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01456     Document Type: Article

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