Oakland University
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Professor Yang Xia Studies Cartilage Using MRI

CBR member Yang Xia and his post doc ShaoKuan Zheng are studying the structure of cartilage using magnetic resonance imaging performed at the Ronald B Bennett and Janet N Bennett Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility. In the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance, the introduction of their paper Multi-Components of T-2 Relaxation in Ex Vivo Cartilage and Tendon (Volume 198, Pages 188-196) makes clear what their goals are.
"The degradation of articular cartilage is a hallmark in musculoskeletal diseases, such as osteoarthritis, which affects the majority of the senior population. Due to the lack of specific and sensitive markers to detect subtle changes in the tissue, no routine procedure is currently available to assess non-destructively the functional, structural, and biochemical properties during the early stages of the tissue degradation. One major obstacle that has prevented any successful development of an early detection procedure is the complex molecular and morphological structures of the tissue."
Xia's research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.
CBR member Yang Xia and his post doc ShaoKuan Zheng are studying the structure of cartilage using magnetic resonance imaging performed at the Ronald B Bennett and Janet N Bennett Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility

Created by Brad Roth (roth@oakland.edu) on Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Article Start Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009