Rapid, automated imaging of mouse articular cartilage by microCT for early detection of osteoarthritis and finite element modelling of joint mechanics

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1419-1428

  Das Neves Borges, P ^a   Forte, A E ^a   Vincent, T L ^b   Dini, D ^a   Marenzana, M ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 dimensional quantitative imaging; Destabilisation of medial meniscus model; High throughput automated image analysis; Micro computed tomography; Mouse articular cartilage

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MENISCAL SURGERY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DISEASE MODEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MICE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; TIBIA; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908179041     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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