Imaging Strategies for Assessing Cartilage Composition in Osteoarthritis

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Matzat, Stephen J ^a   Kogan, Feliks ^a   Fong, Grant W ^a   Gold, Garry E ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Computed tomography (CT); Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Osteoarthritis; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; SODIUM 23; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ARTHROGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84920913580     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-014-0462-3     Document Type: Review

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