Non-invasive and in vivo assessment of osteoarthritic articular cartilage: A review on MRI investigations

Rheumatology International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hani, Ahmad Fadzil Mohd ^a   Kumar, Dileep ^a   Malik, Aamir Saeed ^a   Ahmad, Raja Mohd Kamil Raja ^b   Razak, Ruslan ^c   Kiflie, Azman ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Pantai Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR pulse; Multi nuclei; Osteoarthritis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER CONTENT; DISEASE COURSE; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84943819030     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-014-3052-9     Document Type: Review

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