ArticleSkeletal radiology2014
Spectrum of T2* values in knee joint cartilage at 3 T: a cross-sectional analysis in asymptomatic young adult volunteers.
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- Correlation of T2* relaxation times of the retropatellar cartilage with tibial tuberosity-trochlea groove distance in professional soccer players.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Automatic Cartilage Segmentation for Delayed Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Hip Joint Cartilage: A Feasibility Study.Cartilage · 2020Article
- The value of MR T2* measurements in normal and osteoarthritic knee cartilage: effects of age, sex, and location.European radiology · 2019Article
- Usefulness of patellar cartilage cross-sectional area for knee tibiofemoral osteoarthritis in elderly.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Article
- Cartilage and bone damage in rheumatoid arthritis.Reumatologia · 2018Review
- T2* Mapping of the Hip in Asymptomatic Volunteers with Normal Cartilage Morphology: An Analysis of Regional and Age-Dependent Distribution.Cartilage · 2018Article
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- MR Parametric Mapping as a Biomarker of Early Joint Degeneration.Sports health · 2016Review
- The immediate effect of long-distance running on T2 and T2* relaxation times of articular cartilage of the knee in young healthy adults at 3.0 T MR imaging.The British journal of radiology · 2016Article
- T2* mapping for articular cartilage assessment: principles, current applications, and future prospects.Skeletal radiology · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo establish baseline T2* values in healthy knee joint cartilage at 3 T. MATERIALS AND
methodsThirty-four volunteers (mean age: 24.6 ± 2.7 years) with no history or clinical findings indicative of any knee joint disease were enrolled. The protocol included a double-echo steady-state (DESS) sequence for morphological cartilage evaluation and a gradient-echo multi-echo sequence for T2* assessment. Bulk and zonal T2* values were assessed in eight regions: posterior lateral femoral condyle; central lateral femoral condyle; trochlea; patella; lateral tibial plateau; posterior medial femoral condyle; central medial femoral condyle; and medial tibial plateau. Statistical evaluation comprised a two-tailed t test and a one-way analysis of variance to identify zonal and regional differences.
resultsT2* mapping revealed higher T2* values in the superficial zone in all regions (P values ≤ 0.001) except for the posterior medial femur condyle (P = 0.087), and substantial regional differences demonstrating superior values in trochlear cartilage, intermediate values in patellar and central femoral condylar cartilage, and low T2* values in posterior femoral condylar cartilage and tibial plateau cartilage.
conclusionSubstantial regional differences in T2* measures should be taken into consideration when conducting T2* mapping of knee joint cartilage.
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