T2 relaxation reveals spatial collagen a
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Miika T. Nieminen; Jarno Rieppo; Juha Töyräs; Juhana M. Hakumäki; Johanna Silven
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract It has been suggested that orientational changes in the collagen network of articular cartilage account for the depthwise __T__~2~ anisotropy of MRI through the magic angle effect. To investigate the relationship between laminar __T__~2~ appearance and collagen organization (anisotropy)