Non-invasive MRI assessment of the articular cartilage in clinical studies and experimental settings

Figure 4 Sagittal view MRI at 4. 7T of a rat knee with medial meniscal tear (A) and a rat with sham operation (B). A: Parts of the tibia cartilage become much thinner (white arrows). B: Normal tibia cartilage (white arrows). This animal model has been described in reference 22 (Wang et al[22] 2006).