Cartilage repair surgery: outcome evaluation by using noninvasive cartilage biomarkers based on quantitative MRI techniques?

Pia M JungmannThomas BaumJan S BauerDimitrios C KarampinosBenjamin ErdleThomas M LinkXiaojuan LiSiegfried TrattnigErnst J RummenyKlaus WoertlerGoetz H Welsch

Published in: BioMed research international (2014)

A multimodal approach combining several quantitative MRI techniques in addition to morphological and clinical evaluation might be promising. Further investigations are required to demonstrate the potential for outcome evaluation after cartilage repair.

Keyphrases

clinical evaluation
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
extracellular matrix
minimally invasive
diffusion weighted imaging
pain management
computed tomography
coronary artery bypass
magnetic resonance
coronary artery disease
mass spectrometry
chronic pain