Open AccessAutomatic MRI-based Three-dimensional Models of Hip Cartilage Provide Improved Morphologic and Biochemical Analysis
Author(s) -
Florian Schmaranzer,
Ronja Helfenstein,
Guodong Zeng,
Till D. Lerch,
Eduardo N. Novais,
James D. Wylie,
Young-Jo Kim,
Klaus A. Siebenrock,
Moritz Tannast,
Guoyan Zheng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000755
Subject(s) - medicine , cartilage , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear medicine , anatomy
The time-consuming and user-dependent postprocessing of biochemical cartilage MRI has limited the use of delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC). An automated analysis of biochemical three-dimensional (3-D) images could deliver a more time-efficient and objective evaluation of cartilage composition, and provide comprehensive information about cartilage thickness, surface area, and volume compared with manual two-dimensional (2-D) analysis.