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Frontiers in musculoskeletal MRI: Articular cartilage
Author(s) -
Kneeland J. Bruce,
Reddy Ravinder
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.20811
Subject(s) - articular cartilage , cartilage , clinical practice , computer science , high resolution , medicine , radiology , biomedical engineering , pathology , osteoarthritis , anatomy , geology , alternative medicine , remote sensing , family medicine
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. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2007. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.