Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26336966›Full record

ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2016

Anomalous T2 relaxation in normal and degraded cartilage.

David A Reiter, Richard L Magin, Weiguo Li, Juan J Trujillo, M Pilar Velasco, Richard G Spencer

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Optimization of spin-lock times for TScientific reports · 2022
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Optimization of spin-lock times in TMagnetic resonance in medicine · 2022
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Fast multicomponent 3D-TNMR in biomedicine · 2020
    Article
  11. Article
  12. Tissue-Specific TJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2020
    Article
  13. Volumetric multicomponent TMagnetic resonance in medicine · 2020
    Article
  14. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David A ReiterLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Richard L MaginDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Weiguo LiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Juan J TrujilloDepartamento de Análisis Matemático, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
M Pilar VelascoDepartamento de Matemática, Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Centro Universitario de la Defensa Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Richard G SpencerLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Funding

Improving Sensitivity and Specificity of Parametric MRI Assessment of CartilageZIAAG000922 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI SPENCER, RICHARD · 2009 to 2017
$6.3M
Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Connective Tissue and MuscleZIAAG000924 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI SPENCER, RICHARD · 2009 to 2025
$3.2M
MR Monitoring of Engineered TissuesR01EB007537 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MAGIN, RICHARD L · 2009 to 2012
$1.7M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AG999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AG000922NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB007537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare the ordinary monoexponential model with three anomalous relaxation models-the stretched Mittag-Leffler, stretched exponential, and biexponential functions-using both simulated and experimental cartilage relaxation data.

methodsMonte Carlo simulations were used to examine both the ability of identifying a given model under high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions and the accuracy and precision of parameter estimates under more modest SNR as would be encountered clinically. Experimental transverse relaxation data were analyzed from normal and enzymatically degraded cartilage samples under high SNR and rapid echo sampling to compare each model.

resultsBoth simulation and experimental results showed improvement in signal representation with the anomalous relaxation models. The stretched exponential model consistently showed the lowest mean squared error in experimental data and closely represents the signal decay over multiple decades of the decay time (e.g., 1-10 ms, 10-100 ms, and >100 ms). The stretched exponential parameter αse showed an inverse correlation with biochemically derived cartilage proteoglycan content.

conclusionExperimental results obtained at high field suggest potential application of αse as a measure of matrix integrity. Simulation reflecting more clinical imaging conditions, indicate the ability to robustly estimate αse and distinguish between normal and degraded tissue, highlighting its potential as a biomarker for human studies. Magn Reson Med 76:953-962, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Indexed as

ArtifactsModels, BiologicalAnimalsCartilageCartilage DiseasesCattleComputer SimulationImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingReference ValuesReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificitycartilagefractional calculusmagnetic resonancemultiexponential T2proteoglycanspin-spin relaxation

Identifiers

PMID26336966
PMCPMC4779070

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.