Imaging of Cartilage and Intervertebral Disks
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Imaging and Theranostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 3671
Special Issue Editors
Interests: MRI; musculoskeletal diseases; hybrid imaging
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: musculo skeletal ultrasound
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, "Imaging of Cartilage and Intervertebral Disks", aims to attract high-quality research focusing on diverse and advanced imaging techniques. All submissions dealing with different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are welcome. Among these, both advanced morphological and ultrastructural and compositional MRIs are of high relevance. Of special interest are studies on UTE, T1rho, gagCEST, and sodium MRI in degenerative, inflammatory, and traumatic diseases of joints and the spine. Additionally, manuscripts on advanced computed tomography (CT) techniques, such as micro-CT and dual-energy CT, are appreciated. However, studies focusing on image acquisition and image analysis and different pre- and post-processing algorithms are of significance. In this regard, deep- and machine-learning-based approaches will be considered for publication. Disease entities of relevance include but are not limited to osteoarthritis, degenerative disk disease, rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, and traumatic osteochondral lesions of joints.
Overall, basic and experimental research with proof of concept studies are of equal relevance as clinical trials and confirmation studies. We are eagerly looking for excellent research studies and are very much looking forward to your valuable contributions.
Dr. Daniel B. Abrar
Dr. Ingrid Moller
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- MRI
- CT
- T1rho
- UTE
- gagCEST
- DECT
- osteoarthritis
- inflammatory joint disease
