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ArticleOsteoarthritis and cartilage2019

Ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging parameter mapping in the posterior horn of ex vivo human menisci.

E Olsson, E Folkesson, P Peterson, P Önnerfjord, J Tjörnstrand, H V Hughes, M Englund, J Svensson

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Article in Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

E OlssonMedical Radiation Physics, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: emma.olsson.7443@med.lu.se.
E FolkessonClinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Rheumatology and Molecular Skeletal Biology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: elin.folkesson@med.lu.se.
P PetersonMedical Radiation Physics, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. Electronic address: pernilla.peterson@med.lu.se.
P ÖnnerfjordRheumatology and Molecular Skeletal Biology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: patrik.onnerfjord@med.lu.se.
J TjörnstrandOrthopedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: jon.tjornstrand@med.lu.se.
H V HughesClinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: velocity.hughes@med.lu.se.
M EnglundClinical Epidemiology Unit, Orthopedics, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: martin.englund@med.lu.se.
J SvenssonMedical Radiation Physics, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: jonas.svensson@med.lu.se.
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Funding

European Research Council 771121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the relationship between meniscus magnetic resonance (MR) relaxation parameters and meniscus degradation through quantitative imaging of ex vivo posterior horns of menisci from subjects with and without knee osteoarthritis (OA).

designWe sampled medial and lateral menisci from ten medial compartment knee OA patients (mean age 63 years) undergoing total knee replacement and from ten deceased donors (references, mean age 51 years). MR relaxation parameters T2*, T2 and T1 of the posterior horn were measured at a 9.4 T scanner. Comparisons were made between OA patients and references (with adjustment for age) as well as between medial and lateral menisci from the same knees.

resultsMean values (standard deviation) of mean T2* were 13 (3.8), 6.9 (2.3), 7.2 (1.9) and 7.2 (1.7) ms for the medial and lateral patient menisci and the medial and lateral reference menisci, respectively. Corresponding values were 17 (3.7), 9.0 (2.2), 12 (4) and 9.0 (1.3) ms for T2 and 1810 (150), 1630 (30), 1580 (90) and 1560 (50) ms for T1. All three relaxation times were significantly longer in medial OA menisci compared to the other groups. Among medial reference menisci, relaxation times (mainly T1) tended to increase with age.

conclusionsMR relaxation times T2*, T2 and T1 in the posterior horn are longer in the medial menisci of patients with end-stage medial compartment knee OA compared to the corresponding lateral menisci and to reference menisci. The meniscus seems to undergo intrasubstance alterations related to both OA and ageing.

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AgedCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansKnee JointMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMeniscusMiddle AgedOsteoarthritis, KneeMeniscusMRIOAT2*UTE

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