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

Figure 3 Quantitative 3D analysis of cartilage morphology from MRI. A: Sagittal MR image of human knee obtained with a fat-suppressed GE sequence, femoral cartilage is segmented; B: 3D volume reconstruction of the femoral cartilage; C: Analysis of joint surface area by a triangulation technique; D: Computation of 3D thickness distribution, independent of section orientation. (Reproduced from reference 6, with kind permission of Springer Science and Business Media).