Getting cartilage thickness measurements right: a systematic inter-method comparison using MRI data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

T Nolte, S Westfechtel, J Schock, M Knobe… - Cartilage, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Magnetic resonance imaging is the standard imaging modality to assess articular
cartilage. As the imaging surrogate of degenerative joint disease, cartilage thickness is …

A non-invasive technique for 3-dimensional assessment of articular cartilage thickness based on MRI part 2: validation using CT arthrography

M Haubner, F Eckstein, M Schnier, A Lösch… - Magnetic Resonance …, 1997 - Elsevier
Established methods for the measurement of articular cartilage thickness are invasive and
cannot be sequentially applied in living subjects. In the present study, the distribution of …

Variations in knee cartilage thickness: Fully automatic three-dimensional analysis of MRIs from five manufacturers

H Katano, K Nagai, H Kaneko, E Sasaki… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Measurements of knee cartilage thickness derived from MR images are
attractive biomarkers for osteoarthritis research. Although some cross-sectional multivendor …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative MR imaging using “LiveWire” to measure tibiofemoral articular cartilage thickness

ME Bowers, N Trinh, GA Tung, JJ Crisco… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the reliability and accuracy of manual and semi-automated
segmentation methods for quantifying knee cartilage thickness. This study employed both …

[HTML][HTML] Considerations in measuring cartilage thickness using MRI: factors influencing reproducibility and accuracy

S Koo, GE Gold, TP Andriacchi - Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The primary goal of this study was to describe and evaluate conditions that
could influence the precision and accuracy of measuring in vivo cartilage thickness in the …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy and test–retest precision of quantitative cartilage morphology on a 1.0 T peripheral magnetic resonance imaging system

D Inglis, M Pui, G Ioannidis, K Beattie, P Boulos… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) of knee cartilage morphology
is a powerful research tool but relies on expensive and often inaccessible 1.5 T whole-body …

[HTML][HTML] Novel fast semi-automated software to segment cartilage for knee MR acquisitions

J Duryea, G Neumann, MH Brem, W Koh… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Validation of a new fast software technique to segment the cartilage on knee
magnetic resonance (MR) acquisitions. Large studies of knee osteoarthritis (OA) will require …

Variation in the thickness of knee cartilage. The use of a novel machine learning algorithm for cartilage segmentation of magnetic resonance images

RF Shah, AM Martinez, V Pedoia, S Majumdar… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The variation in articular cartilage thickness (ACT) in healthy knees is difficult to
quantify and therefore poorly documented. Our aims are to (1) define how machine learning …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability of an efficient MRI-based method for estimation of knee cartilage volume using surface registration

JL Jaremko, RWT Cheng, RGW Lambert… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To aid in detection of osteoarthritis (OA) progression in serial magnetic
resonance (MR) scans, we assessed feasibility and accuracy of rapid 3D image registration …

[HTML][HTML] Equivalence and precision of knee cartilage morphometry between different segmentation teams, cartilage regions, and MR acquisitions

E Schneider, M Nevitt, C McCulloch, FM Cicuttini… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To compare precision and evaluate equivalence of femorotibial cartilage
volume (VC) and mean cartilage thickness over total area of bone (ThCtAB. Me) from …