Articular cartilage (AC) sheathes joint surfaces and minimizes friction in diarthrosis. The
resident cell population, chondrocytes, are surrounded by an extracellular matrix and a …

Articular cartilage is a highly specialised connective tissue of diarthrodial joints which
provides a smooth, lubricated surface for joint articulation and plays a crucial role in the …

Approaches to the design and construction of biomimetic scaffolds for osteochondral tissue,
show increasing advances. Considering the limitations of this tissue in terms of repair and …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a very common disease that affects the human knee joint, particularly
the articular cartilage and meniscus components which are regularly under compressive …

The potential of MRI to predict cartilage mechanical properties across an entire cartilage
surface in an ex vivo model would enable novel perspectives in modeling cartilage …

To assess human articular cartilage tissue functionality by serial multiparametric quantitative
MRI (qMRI) mapping as a function of histological degeneration. Forty-nine cartilage samples …

Objective To define the physiological response to sequential loading and unloading in
histologically intact human articular cartilage using serial T1ρ mapping, as T1ρ is …

Functional imaging of tissue biomechanics can reveal subtle changes in local softening and
stiffening associated with disease or repair, but noninvasive and nondestructive methods to …

A bstract Response to loading of soft tissues as assessed by advanced magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) techniques is a promising approach to evaluate tissue functionality beyond …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) under mechanical loading, commonly referred to as
stress MRI, allows the evaluation of functional properties of intra-and periarticular tissues …