Alterations in cartilage quantification before and after injections of mesenchymal stem cells into osteoarthritic knees

Abstract Several studies have reported improvement in knee pain following mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) injections for knee osteoarthritis (OA). We developed a novel 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis software program that provides “projected cartilage area ratios” for automatic detection of...

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Main Authors: Ichiro Sekiya, Hisako Katano, Mitsuru Mizuno, Hideyuki Koga, Jun Masumoto, Makoto Tomita, Nobutake Ozeki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93462-8