Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is potentially sensitive to collagen degeneration in cartilage. In this study, DTI was measured on human cartilage samples with interventions of trypsin and collagenase. The measured preferred diffusion direction was consistent with the zonal structure of collagen netw
Diffusion tensor of water in model articular cartilage
โ Scribed by Konstantin I. Momot
- Book ID
- 105946747
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 382 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1017
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