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Frontiers in musculoskeletal MRI: Articular cartilage

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: The techniques and uses of MRI in current clinical practice, primarily as a means to detect morphologic abnormalities, are reviewed. Ongoing development of techniques that can improve morphologic assessment including techniques to increase spatial and contrast resolution is discussed, as are methods to measure cartilage volumes and thickness. Finally, several of the more widely studied techniques used to probe loss of the macromolecular structure of cartilage prior to the development of macroscopic defects are presented and compared.

Source: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20811

Authors: J. Bruce Kneeland, Ravinder Reddy

Institutions: Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Language: English

Topic: Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms

Subfield: Rheumatology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institute for Health and Care Research, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases