TY - JOUR AU - Zhai, Guangju AU - Ding, Changhai AU - Cicuttini, Flavia AU - Jones, Graeme PY - 2005 DA - 2005/02/20 TI - Optimal sampling of MRI slices for the assessment of knee cartilage volume for cross-sectional and longitudinal studies JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 10 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - MRI slices of 1.5 mm thickness have been used in both cross sectional and longitudinal studies of osteoarthritis, but is difficult to apply to large studies as most techniques used in measuring knee cartilage volumes require substantial post-image processing. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal sampling of 1.5 mm thick slices of MRI scans to estimate knee cartilage volume in males and females for cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-6-10 DO - 10.1186/1471-2474-6-10 ID - Zhai2005 ER -