Journal
OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
Volume 16, Issue 10, Pages 1150-1159Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.02.018
Keywords
Osteoarthritis; Trabecular bone; Cartilage; Magnetic resonance imaging; T1 rho; T2
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- NIH [R01 AR46905]
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Objective: To evaluate trabecular bone structure in relationship with cartilage parameters in distal femur and proximal tibia of the human knee at 3 Tesla (3 T) using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with parallel imaging. Method: Sixteen healthy controls and 16 patients with mild osteoarthritis (OA) were studied using a 3 T magnetic resonance (MR) scanner and an eight-channel phased-array knee coil. Axial 3D GeneRalized Autocalibrating Partially Parallel Acquisition (GRAPPA)-based phase cycled Fast Imaging Employing Steady State Acquisition (FIFSTA-c) images were acquired in order to quantify the trabecular bone structure. For assessing cartilage morphology (thickness, volume), sagittal high-resolution 3D spoiled gradient echo (SPGR) images were acquired. In a subset of the subjects. sagittal images were acquired for measuring T1 rho and T2 relaxation times, using 3D T1 rho and T2 mapping techniques. Results: Good measurement reproducibility was observed for bone parameters, the coefficients of variations (CVs) ranging from 1.8% for trabecular number (app. Tb-N) to 5.5% for trabecular separation (app. Tb.Sp). Significant differences between control and CA groups were found for bone volume fraction bone volume over total volume (app. BV/TV) and app. Tb.Sp in all compartments. Significantly increased values in T1 rho and T2 were demonstrated in CA patients compared with controls at the femur, but not at the tibia. Tip was negatively correlated with app. BV/TV, app. Tb.N and app. Tb.Sp both at the medial femoral condyle (MFC) and lateral tibia (LT), while T2 was only correlated at the LT. Also, medial tibia (MT) T1 rho was negatively correlated with app. BV/TV (R-2 - 0.49, P < 0.05) and app. Tb.N (R-2 = -0.42, P < 0.05) from the opposite side of lateral femoral condyle (LFC). Significant correlations were found between trabecular bone parameters and cartilage thickness and normalized volume, mainly at LT, tibia (T) and femur (F). Conclusion: At this early stage of CA, an overall decrease in bone structure parameters and an increase in cartilage parameters (T1 rho, T2) were noticed in patients. Trabecular bone structure correlated with articular cartilage parameters suggesting that loss of mineralized bone is associated with cartilage degeneration. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Osteoarthritis Research Society International.
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