Magnetic resonance imaging: biophysical basis for the proton magnetic resonance appearance of normal cartilage; other magnetic resonance techniques.
Various attempts to explain the proton magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of cartilage at the histochemical level are presented, with a discussion of their supporting experimental evidence. Other MR techniques that have been applied to cartilage are presented and their potential for the evaluation of cartilage structure is discussed.
Kneeland
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy