Cartilage Properties Quantified With 7T MRI

Abstract

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Uncompromised MRI of knee cartilage while incorporating sensitive sodium MRI Chapter 3 Can sodium MRI be used as a method for mapping of cartilage stiffness? Chapter 4 T2* mapping in an equine articular groove modelvisualizing changes in collagen orientation Chapter 5 Detection of early cartilage damage: feasibility and potential of gagCEST imaging at 7T Chapter 6 In Vivo Cartilage Quantification with gagCEST MRI: Correlation with Cartilage Properties Chapter 7 Summary and general discussion Appendices General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction General...