Introduction Assessment of cartilage integrity during arthroscopy is limited by the subjective
visual nature of the technique. To address this shortcoming in diagnostic evaluation of …

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to investigate different methods for
determining osteoarthritis-related (OA) cartilaginous changes. Materials and methods …

Damage to hyaline cartilage is the most important pathophysiological tool in the
development of osteoarthritis. Cartilage lesions are the most frequent pathological findings …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between structural changes of trabecular bone
and cartilage, in patients with varying degrees of osteoarthritis (OA) over 2 years, using …

Optical absorption spectra of human articular cartilage correlate with biomechanical
properties, histological score and biochemical composition - IOPscience Skip to content IOP …

Introduction The different cartilage layers vary in synthesis of proteoglycan and of the distinct
types of collagen with the predominant collagen Type II with its associated collagens, eg …

Introduction There is a lack of data relating the macroscopic appearance of cartilage to its
ultrasound properties. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate degenerated …

Early diagnosis and treatment of cartilage degeneration is of high clinical interest. Loss of
surface integrity is considered one of the earliest and most reliable signs of degeneration …

The knee is the most common site for translational cartilage research in sheep, though
topographic features of articular cartilage across surfaces are unspecified. We aimed to …

Objective. An MRI-based technique for non-invasive assessment of the quantitative
distribution of articular cartilage in the knee-joint was to be developed, and its accuracy and …