An in vitro comparative study of T2 and T2* mappings of human articular cartilage at 3-Tesla MRI using histology as the standard of reference

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 947-954

  Kim, Taehee ^a,b   Min, Byoung Hyun ^a   Yoon, Seung Hyun ^a   Kim, Hakil ^c   Park, Sunghoon ^a,b   Lee, Hyun Young ^b,d   Kwack, Kyu Sung ^a,b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cartilage; Histology; Knee; MRI; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ALGORITHM; BIOPSY; CHONDROPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84901629230     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-014-1872-z     Document Type: Article

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