Hintergrund: Theoretisch sollte der Ultraschall dank seiner hohen räumlichen Auflösung
sehr geeignet sein, um Veränderungen der artikulären Knorpeldicke bei Osteoarthritis im …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a universal joint disease with significant socioeconomic effects. No
cure for OA is available, but its early diagnosis could enable more efficient treatment …

The objective was to determine the changes of articular cartilage of the knee joint during
immobilization in a rat model. The knee joints of adult male rats were immobilized at 150° of …

Objective. The functional disability experienced in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is
primarily caused by joint effusion, synovial membrane hypertrophy, and periarticular soft …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common joint diseases among adults, and its early
detection is still not possible. In this study, high-frequency ultrasound and ultrasound …

Research in elasticity imaging typically relies on 1–10 MHz ultrasound. Elasticity imaging at
these frequencies can provide strain maps with a resolution in the order of millimetres, but …

In this study, optical coherence tomography (OCT) with an axial resolution of 15 μm was
used to investigate the depth and degeneration dependences of the refractive index (RI) of …

Conventional ultrasound examination of the articular cartilage performed externally on the
body surface around the joint has limited accuracy due to the inadequacy in frequency used …

Background Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) techniques are new diagnostic tools able to
identify changes in structural and material properties of the investigated tissue. For the first …

Background Ultrasonography is a fast and patient-friendly modality to assess cartilage
thickness. However, inconsistent results regarding accuracy have been reported. Therefore …