State of the art: Mr imaging after knee cartilage repair surgery1

Radiology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-43

  Guermazi, Ali ^a   Roemer, Frank W ^a   Alizai, Hamza ^a   Winalski, Carl S ^a   Welsch, Goetz ^a   Brittberg, Mats ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; SODIUM 23;

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CELL REGENERATION; DELAYED GADOLINIUM ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE MENISCUS; MARROW STIMULATION; MENISCAL REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT; OSTEOCHONDRAL AUTOGRAFT; PARTICULATE CARTILAGE ALLOGRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM IMAGING; SPIN SPIN RELAXATION MAPPING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REPAIR; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DISEASES; KNEE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES;

CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84942412624     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2015141146     Document Type: Article

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