Assessment of Knee Cartilage

  • Souhil Zaim
  • Ali Guermazi
  • John A. Lynch
  • Charles G. Peterfy
  • Harry K. Genant
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Part of the Medical Radiology book series (MEDRAD)

Abstract

The evaluation of articular cartilage has gained increasing attention in the scientific community as injuries and degenerative changes in the articular cartilage are a significant cause of morbidity and impaired quality of life (Yelin and Callahan 1995), with an increasing impact in our aging society. The fundamental component of osteoarthritis is degradation and subsequent loss of articular cartilage.

Keywords

Articular Cartilage Magn Reson Image Magnetization Transfer Magnetic Resonance Arthrography Cartilage Volume 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Souhil Zaim
    • 1
  • Ali Guermazi
    • 1
  • John A. Lynch
    • 1
  • Charles G. Peterfy
    • 1
  • Harry K. Genant
    • 1
  1. 1.Osteoporosis and Arthritis Research Group, Department of RadiologyUniversity of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoUSA

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