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Project Number: | I01CX000625-05A1 |
| Title: | Ultrashort TE MR Imaging of Femorotibial Cartilage |
| Principal Investigator: | Christine B Chung |
| Location: | San Diego, CA |
| Congressional District Code: | 52 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2017 - September 2021 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $165,000 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$695,000 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: The general purpose of this study is to establish, validate and translate to clinical protocol, MR imaging biomarkers that non-invasively reflect structure, function, and adaptive relationships between meniscus, cartilage and subchondral bone based upon structural, histologic, and biomechanical reference standards. This proposal incorporates our experience from past cartilage and meniscus research to develop a unified theory, that of the meniscal osteochondral unit (M-OCU). This theory emphasize... |