New techniques for cartilage imaging: T2 relaxation time and diffusion-weighted MR imaging.
In view of recent therapeutic approaches to cartilage damage in osteoarthritis, it is necessary to develop and further refine noninvasive quantitative tools for specific diagnosis and follow-up studies. There is considerable experimental and some clinical experience with T2 relaxation time measurements. Motivation for diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion-tensor imaging as comparably new techniques for cartilage imaging is to obtain directly additional three-dimensional architectural and directional information about the cartilage matrix.
Glaser
Christian
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Musculoskeletal Imaging, Division of General Radiography, Department of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany. christian.glaser@med.uni-muenchen.de
D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy