Comprehensive description of T2 value spatial variations in non-osteoarthritic femoral cartilage using three-dimensional registration of morphological and relaxometry data

• Published in: The knee Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 555 - 563
• Main Authors: Edd, Shannon N., Babel, Hugo, Kerkour, Nadia, Jolles, Brigitte M., Omoumi, Patrick, Favre, Julien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Cartilage diseases; Cartilage, articular; Computing methodologies; Ethics; Femur; Image processing; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphology; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Osteoarthritis; Personal relationships; Registration; Segmentation; Software; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatial variations; Knee; Computing methodologies; Magnetic resonance imaging; Cartilage, articular

The aim of this study was to develop and assess a method of quantifying cartilage T2 relaxation times in a series of volumes of interest (VOIs) covering the entire cartilage of the femoral condyles. Subsequently, the method was used to test for T2 spatial variations in non-osteoarthritic (OA) knees....