Musculoskeletal Key

Articular cartilage is a highly specialized tissue with complex ultrastructure and unique biomechanical properties providing for load distribution and a low-friction weight-bearing surface essential for normal pain-free movement of synovial…

In this chapter we focus on the application of ultrasound imaging for the assessment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), both as a means of identifying structural joint changes (e.g., joint erosions,…

As discussed in Chapter 2 , the structural integrity and function of cartilage and underlying bone are intimately coupled. Chondral injury leads to increased stress on subchondral bone, and, conversely,…

Inflammatory and noninflammatory arthropathies are a common cause of disability in modern society. MRI offers a noninvasive means of assessing the degree of damage to ligaments, muscle, bone, and articular…

Cartilage Morphometry and Spoiled Gradient-Recalled-Echo, Driven Equilibrium Fourier Transform, Steady-State, High-Field, Phase-Sensitive, and Forward-Looking/Experimental MRI Methods Garry E. Gold Articular cartilage pathology may be the result of degeneration or acute injury….

Magnetic resonance imaging has been applied to the study of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for more than 15 years, and a large body of clinical and research experience on its use…

What is molecular imaging? The term certainly has been used to describe a wide variety of imaging approaches. For our purpose, we limit it to a definition so elegantly put…

Imaging of inflammatory joint diseases remains challenging. The development in recent years of biologic treatments that are highly efficacious as well as expensive has stimulated the research for imaging of…

The primary function of articular cartilage is to provide a smooth transfer of force across joints. As such it is useful to consider the cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone…