title: Quantitative ultrasound can assess living human cartilage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Shijyo-cho 840, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan. hattori@naramed-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takakura
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Habata
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumai
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D017364:Collagenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D017364:Collagenases