Artículos de revistas
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Knee Osteoarthritis Research: Semiquantitative and Compositional Assessment
Fecha
2011Registro en:
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA, v.19, n.2, p.295-+, 2011
1064-9689
10.1016/j.mric.2011.02.003
Autor
CREMA, Michel D.
ROEMER, Frank W.
GUERMAZI, Ali
Institución
Resumen
Semiquantitative assessment of the knee by expert magnetic resonance imaging readers is a powerful research tool for understanding the natural history of osteoarthritis (OA). Several reliable semiquantitative scoring systems have been applied to large observational cross-sectional and longitudinal epidemiologic studies and interventional clinical trials. Such evaluations have enabled understanding of the relevance of disease in structures within the knee joint to explain pain and progression of OA. Compositional imaging of cartilage has added to our ability to detect early degeneration before morphologic changes are present, which may help to prevent the permanent morphologic changes commonly seen in knee OA.