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…
Keywords BMAC, bone marrow aspirate, iliac crest, regenerative, stem cells, ultrasound Note: Please see pages ii , iii for a list of anatomic terms/abbreviations used throughout this book. Ultrasound…
Keywords aspiration, biopsy, BMAC, bone marrow aspirate, flouroscopy, iliac crest, regenerative, stem cells Note: Please see pages ii , iii for a list of anatomic terms/abbreviations used throughout this…
Abstract Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is a purely sensory mononeuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN), which can mimic a high lumbar radiculopathy. Characterized by sensory disturbances and burning paresthesias…
Abstract Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS), known as the Great Masquerader, can often be mistaken for other hip or lumbar pathologies. GTPS presents with pain over the lateral hip, with…
