Cartilage Imaging Significance, Techniques, and New Developments /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Link, Thomas M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiology.; Rheumatology.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Surgical Orthopedics.

This authoritative book provides state-of-the-art practices and new developments in the imaging of cartilage, associated pathologies, and repair procedures. With a main focus on MRI, major advances in cartilage imaging are put into clinical context relevant for radiologists, rheumatologists, and ort...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Anatomy and Histology of Cartilage
• Clinical aspects: A Rheumatologist’s Perspective
• Clinical aspects: An Orthopedic Surgeon’s Perspective
• Conventional Radiography as an Indirect Measure for Cartilage Pathology
• Value of CT Arthrography in the Assessment of Cartilage Pathology
• MRI of Cartilage: Standard Techniques
• MRI of Cartilage: Pathological Findings
• Scoring Systems to Semi-quantitatively Grade Cartilage Pathology with MRI
• Atlas: Cartilage Abnormalities and Scores
• Cartilage Segmentation
• Quantitative MR Imaging of Cartilage Morphology in Osteoarthritis
• MR T2 relaxation time measurements
• MR T1ρ Relaxation Time Quantification in Cartilage
• Cartilage Matrix Assessment: dGEMRIC
• Imaging of Cartilage Repair
• Cartilage as a Biomarker
• Frontiers in Molecular Imaging of Cartilage - Future Developments
• Future Perspective and Significance of Cartilage Imaging and Quantification.