Articular Cartilage Surface Roughness As An Imaging-Based Morphological Indicator of Osteoarthritis: A Preliminary Investigation of Osteoarthritis Initiative Subjects.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2017

Abstract

Current imaging-based morphometric indicators of osteoarthritis (OA) using whole-compartment mean cartilage thickness (MCT) and volume changes can be insensitive to mild degenerative changes of articular cartilage (AC) due to areas of adjacent thickening and thinning. The purpose of this preliminary study was to evaluate cartilage thickness-based surface roughness as a morphometric indicator of OA. 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) datasets were collected from osteoarthritis initiative (OAI) subjects with Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) OA grades of 0, 2, and 4 (n = 10/group). Femoral and tibial AC volumes were converted to two-dimensional thickness maps, and MCT, arithmetic surface roughness (S

Volume

35

Issue

12

First Page

2755

Last Page

2764

ISSN

1554-527X

PubMed ID

28460415

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