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MRI-based volumetric assessment of joint effusion in knee osteoarthritis using proton density-weighted fat-suppressed and T1-weighted contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed sequences

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Conflict of interest statement

The study was supported by a grant of the “Private Practice for Musculoskeletal MRI” Ulmer Landstr. 315, 86391 Stadtbergen, Germany. The funding source did not have any role in the present publication.

Dr. Guermazi has received consultancies, speaking fees, and/or honoraria (less than $10,000 each) from Facet Solutions, Genzyme, and Stryker, and (more than $10,000) from Merck Serono, and is the President of Boston Imaging Core Lab (BICL). He receives research funding from General Electric Healthcare. Dr. Roemer is Vice President and a shareholder of BICL. Dr. Crema is a shareholder of BICL.

None of the other authors have declared any possible conflict of interest.

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  1. Quantitative Imaging Center (QIC), Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Samer Habib, Ali Guermazi, Daichi Hayashi, Michel D. Crema & Frank W. Roemer

  2. Clinical Research Program, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    Al Ozonoff

  3. Institute of Diagnostic Imaging, Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

    Michel D. Crema

  4. Division of Radiology, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

    Michel D. Crema

  5. Department of Radiology, Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstr. 2, 861576, Augsburg, Germany

    Frank W. Roemer

  6. Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd floor, 820 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA, 02118, USA

    Frank W. Roemer

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Habib, S., Guermazi, A., Ozonoff, A. et al. MRI-based volumetric assessment of joint effusion in knee osteoarthritis using proton density-weighted fat-suppressed and T1-weighted contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed sequences. Skeletal Radiol 40, 1581–1585 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-011-1200-9

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