Open AccessMagnetic Resonance Image Characterization of Knee Meniscus Signal Intensity using Crue’s Approach: Results from a Multi-centre Evidence
Author(s) -
Akwa E. Erim,
Benjamin Effiong Udoh,
Pius Agweye,
Ofonime Nkechinyere Ukweh,
AC Ugwu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in bioscience and clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2203-1413
DOI - 10.7575/aiac.abcmed.v.9n.3p.15
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , osteoarthritis , meniscus , lesion , nuclear medicine , grading (engineering) , knee joint , radiology , incidence (geometry) , surgery , pathology , optics , physics , alternative medicine , civil engineering , engineering
This study aimed to characterize knee meniscus signal-intensity using magnetic resonance imaging. Our research included knee MR images of 138 subjects from multi-centres in Nigeria, between September 2016 and December 2017. Knee images were retrieved from patients' folder of MRI scanners and transfered to a DICOM workstation (Onis 2.6) for image analysis. Knee meniscus was characterized into 0, 1, 2 & 3 grades using Crue’s grading approach. Our research revealed 58% incidence of meniscal lesion. Study yielded a significant relationship between meniscal lesion and gender (p <.005) with a greater proportion of these lesions in women than in men. Meniscal lesions showed significant association with osteoarthritis (OA) (p < 0.05). Grade 3 lesions (actual tears) were largely of horizontal configuration.