Multiparametric MRI assessment of human articular cartilage degeneration: Correlation with quantitative histology and mechanical properties

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 249-259

  Rautiainen, Jari ^a,b   Nissi, Mikko J ^b,c   Salo, Elli Noora ^d   Tiitu, Virpi ^b   Finnilä, Mikko A J ^a   Aho, Olli Matti ^a   Saarakkala, Simo ^a,d   Lehenkari, Petri ^a   Ellermann, Jutta ^c   Nieminen, Miika T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

cartilage; human; osteoarthritis; quantitative MRI; rotating frame relaxation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; DISPERSION (WAVES); GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; GRADING; HISTOLOGY; KNEE PROSTHESES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOMECHANICAL MEASUREMENT; BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; ROTATING-FRAME RELAXATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

CARTILAGE;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS RESEARCH SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL GRADING SYSTEM; RELAXATION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84932192249     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25401     Document Type: Article

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