Contrast-enhanced MRI and synovial fluid molecule markers, new means to monitor joint diseases.
Emerging knowledge of cartilage metabolism and structure has stimulated efforts to develop new cartilage-monitoring techniques in health and disease. This article gives an overview of cartilage matrix structure, cartilage metabolism, and significant exogenous factors to show how such knowledge can guide the development of new means to monitor cartilage. Delayed contrast enhanced MRI of cartilage