Magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage repair. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Magnetic resonance imaging is an important noninvasive modality in characterizing cartilage morphology, biochemistry, and function. It serves as a valuable objective outcome measure in diagnosing pathology at the time of initial injury, guiding surgical planning, and evaluating postsurgical repair. This article reviews the current literature addressing the recent advances in qualitative and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging techniques in the preoperative setting, and in patients who have undergone cartilage repair techniques such as microfracture, autologous cartilage transplantation, or osteochondral transplantation.

publication date

  • December 1, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Cartilage Diseases
  • Chondrocytes
  • Fractures, Cartilage
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 57349135432

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/JSA.0b013e31818cdcaf

PubMed ID

  • 19011556

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 16

issue

  • 4