Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most commonly occurring forms of arthritis in the world
today. It is a debilitating chronic illness causing pain and immense discomfort to the affected …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, debilitating joint disease characterized by degenerative
changes to the bones, cartilage, menisci, ligaments, and synovial tissue. Imaging modalities …

In this article we present an up‐to‐date overview of the potential biomedical applications of
sodium magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in vivo. Sodium MRI is a subject of increasing …

Sodium NMR spectroscopy and MRI have become popular in recent years through the
increased availability of high-field MRI scanners, advanced scanner hardware and improved …

Objective The purpose of this work was to review the current literature on cartilage and
meniscal T2 relaxation time. Methods Electronic searches in PubMed were performed to …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and quantitative image analysis technology has recently
started to generate a great wealth of quantitative information on articular cartilage and bone …

Cartilage is one of the most essential tissues for healthy joint function and is compromised in
degenerative and traumatic joint diseases. There have been tremendous advances during …

Cartilage repair techniques and pharmacological therapies are currently areas of major
clinical interest and research, in particular to prevent and treat osteoarthritis. MR imaging …

Diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) is an established MRI technique that can investigate
tissue microstructure at the scale of a few micrometers. Musculoskeletal tissues typically …

Cartilage loss is irreversible, and to date, no effective pharmacotherapies are available to
protect or regenerate cartilage. Quantitative prestructural/compositional MR imaging …