Quantitative radiologic imaging techniques for articular cartilage composition: Toward early diagnosis and development of disease-modifying therapeutics for osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1129-1141

  Oei, Edwin H G ^a,b   Van Tiel, Jasper ^b   Robinson, William H ^a,c   Gold, Garry E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GADOLINIUM; SODIUM;

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELAYED GADOLINIUM ENHANCED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GAG SPECIFIC CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT EXAMINATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHIC ARTHROGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; SODIUM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; T1RHO MAPPING; T2 MAPPING; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84904989439     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22316     Document Type: Review

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