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Cartilage Trauma

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Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries

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4.3 Conclusion

For evaluating sports related traumatic chondral and osteochondral lesions or assessing the quality of cartilage repair, MR imaging has long since become the most important diagnostic tool. In the future, this will become even more the case as experimental imaging sequences are integrated in routine clinical examinations. The only other imaging modality that can adequately depict the articular surface is CT-arthrography. This technique is, however, unable to demonstrate bone marrow edema, an imaging finding with high clinical significance.

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Huysse, W.C.J., Verstraete, K.L. (2007). Cartilage Trauma. In: Vanhoenacker, F.M., Maas, M., Gielen, J.L. (eds) Imaging of Orthopedic Sports Injuries. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68201-1_4

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