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A three-dimensional quantitative method to measure meniscus shape, position, and signal intensity using MR images: a pilot study and preliminary results in knee osteoarthritis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20432287     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This pilot study presents a technique for three-dimensional and quantitative analysis of meniscus shape, position, and signal intensity and compares results in knees with (n = 20) and without (n = 11) radiographic osteoarthritis. 3-T MR images with 2mm section thickness were acquired using a proton density-weighted, fat-suppressed, coronal, fast spin-echo sequence. Segmentation of the tibial, femoral, and external surface of the medial meniscus and the tibial joint surface was performed. Three-dimensional parameters were computed to describe the shape, position, and signal intensity of the entire meniscus and three subregions (body, anterior, and posterior horn). Key results included a greater size (i.e., volume, surface areas, and thickness), increased medial extrusion (i.e., greater extrusion distance, greater meniscal area uncovered by tibial surface), and elevated signal intensity of the medial meniscus in osteoarthritis than in nonosteoarthritis knees, particularly in the meniscus body. These results need to be confirmed in larger cohorts, preferably under weight-bearing conditions.
Authors:
Wolfgang Wirth; Richard B Frobell; Richard B Souza; Xiaojuan Li; Bradley T Wyman; Marie-Pierre Hellio Le Graverand; Thomas M Link; Sharmila Majumdar; Felix Eckstein
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine     Volume:  63     ISSN:  1522-2594     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Med     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-30     Completed Date:  2010-08-05     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8505245     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1162-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. wirth@chondrometrics.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Algorithms*
Female
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods*
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Menisci, Tibial / pathology*
Osteoarthritis, Knee / pathology*
Pilot Projects
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity

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