Quantitative MRI methods for the assessment of structure, composition, and function of musculoskeletal tissues in basic research and preclinical applications

V Casula, AW Kajabi - Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling chronic disease involving the gradual degradation of joint
structures causing pain and dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been …

Novel hybrid optimized clustering schemes with genetic algorithm and PSO for segmentation and classification of articular cartilage loss from MR images

J Kubicek, A Varysova, M Cerny, J Skandera, D Oczka… - Mathematics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Medical image segmentation plays an indispensable role in the identification of articular
cartilage, tibial and femoral bones from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). There are …

Epiphyseal cartilage vascular architecture at the distal humeral osteochondritis dissecans predilection site in juvenile pigs

F Tóth, MJ Nissi, AR Armstrong… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Failure of endochondral ossification due to interruption of the vascular supply to the
epiphyseal cartilage is a critical step in the development of osteochondritis dissecans …

Effects of acute femoral head ischemia on the growth plate and metaphysis in a piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease

AR Armstrong, F Tóth, CS Carlson, HKW Kim… - Osteoarthritis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the effects of acute (≤ 7 days) femoral head ischemia on the
proximal femoral growth plate and metaphysis in a piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes …

Osteoarthritis Imaging Using MRI

V Casula - Bioimaging in Tissue Engineering and Regeneration …, 2023 - Springer
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent musculoskeletal condition characterized by
progressive degeneration of joint tissues. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the …

Editorial for 'Quantitative T2 and T1ρ mapping are sensitive to ischemic injury to the epiphyseal cartilage in an in vivo piglet model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease'

AF Lombardi, EY Chang, J Du - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2022 - oarsijournal.com
According to the Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (QIBA) ea Radiological Society of
North America (RSNA) initiative ea quantitative imaging biomarker is 'an objectively …

'One Medicine–One Pathology': Assessment and Validation of Animal Models of Orthopaedic Diseases

A Armstrong - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The projects presented here revolve around the utilization of three different animal models of
developmental and degenerative orthopaedic diseases, with the work described in order of …