Five‐minute knee MRI for simultaneous morphometry and T2 relaxometry of cartilage and meniscus and for semiquantitative radiological assessment using double‐echo in steady‐state at 3T

• Published in: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 1328 - 1341
• Main Authors: Chaudhari, Akshay S., Black, Marianne S., Eijgenraam, Susanne, Wirth, Wolfgang, Maschek, Susanne, Sveinsson, Bragi, Eckstein, Felix, Oei, Edwin H.G., Gold, Garry E., Hargreaves, Brian A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nashville Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Agreements; Arthritis; Biocompatibility; Biomarkers; Biomedical materials; Bone marrow; Cartilage; Cartilage diseases; Coefficient of variation; Confidence intervals; Cysts; DESS; Field strength; Knee; Lesions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mathematical analysis; Meniscus; MOAKS; Morphometry; Osteoarthritis; Osteophytes; Rank tests; Reproducibility; Sensitivity analysis; Statistical analysis; Statistical tests

Background Biomarkers for assessing osteoarthritis activity necessitate multiple MRI sequences with long acquisition times. Purpose To perform 5‐minute simultaneous morphometry (thickness/volume measurements) and T2 relaxometry of both cartilage and meniscus, and semiquantitative MRI Osteoarthritis...