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Diagnostic Imaging of Knee Cartilage Injury: Evaluation and Assessment

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Articular Cartilage of the Knee

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Articular cartilage is structurally complex tissue, and its injuries vary from chondromalacia to complete denudation. This chapter highlights the technical considerations, normal imaging anatomy of the articular cartilage on MRI and appearances of the wide spectrum of injury related pathologies.

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  1. Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Gaurav K. Thawait MBBS, MD

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Gaurav K. Thawait MBBS, MD

  3. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Gustav Andreisek MD, MBA

  4. Swiss Center for Musculoskeletal Imaging, Balgrist Campus AG, Zurich, Switzerland

    Gustav Andreisek MD, MBA

  5. Department of Radiology, St Claraspital, Basel, Switzerland

    Gustav Andreisek MD, MBA

  6. Department of Radiology, Spital Thurgau AG, Cantonal Hospital, Munsterlingen, Switzerland

    Gustav Andreisek MD, MBA

  7. Department of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Avneesh B. Chhabra MBBS, MD

  8. Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX, USA

    Avneesh B. Chhabra MBBS, MD

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Thawait, G.K., Andreisek, G., Chhabra, A.B. (2020). Diagnostic Imaging of Knee Cartilage Injury: Evaluation and Assessment. In: Gahunia, H., Gross, A., Pritzker, K., Babyn, P., Murnaghan, L. (eds) Articular Cartilage of the Knee. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7587-7_6

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