The Evolution of Articular Cartilage Imaging and Its Impact on Clinical Practice

Overview

Journal Skeletal Radiol

Specialties Orthopedics
Radiology

Date 2011 Aug 18

PMID 21847750

Citations 10

Authors

Carl S Winalski

Prabhakar Rajiah

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Abstract

Over the past four decades, articular cartilage imaging has developed rapidly. Imaging now plays a critical role not only in clinical practice and therapeutic decisions but also in the basic research probing our understanding of cartilage physiology and biomechanics.

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