Evaluation of cartilage defects with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR): An ex vivo study
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- 作者：Gunter Spahn ; Holger Plettenberg ; Horst Nagel ; Enrico Kahl ; Hans Michael Klinger ; Thomas Mü ; ckley ; Manfred Gü ; nther ; Gunther O. Hofmann ; Jü ; rgen A. Mollenhauer
- 关键词：Cartilage ; Defects ; NIR ; Spectroscopy ; Water ; Stiffness
- 刊名：Medical Engineering and Physics
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：April 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：30
- 期：3
- 页码：285-292
- 全文大小：983 K
文摘
Damaged cartilage undergoes complex changes in composition, histological structure, and mechanical properties. Near-infrared-spectroscopy (NIR spectroscopy) is an important method to measure changes in composition of complex composites. The present study was aimed at evaluating NIR spectroscopy as a means to quantitate tissue alterations in low grade cartilage defects.