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OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
卷 10, 期 7, 页码 535-541出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1053/joca.2002.0790
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cartilage; proteoglycans; depletion; maturation; high-frequency ultrasonography; tissue characterization
Objective: To study the effect of variations of articular cartilage proteoglycans (PG) on high-frequency ultrasound backscatter. Design: The study was performed on patellar cartilages of immature and mature rats (N=36). The variation of PG content was induced by enzyme digestion. Control and treated cartilages were explored in vitro using a 55 MHz scanning acoustic microscopy, then assessed by histology for the fibrillar collagen organization analysis. The variations of proteoglycan and collagen content were evaluated. Thickness measurements performed on both B-scan images and histologic sections were compared. Ultrasonic radio-frequency signals reflected by the cartilage surface and backscattered from its internal matrix were processed to estimate the integrated reflection coefficient (IRC) and apparent integrated backscatter(AIB). Results: Although hyaluronidase treatment of immature and mature cartilages removed approximately 50% of the proteoglycans, the echogenicity level of ultrasound images of degraded cartilages was similar to that of controls. IRC and AIB parameters did not significantly vary. Histologic sections of degraded cartilage displayed no change in collagen fiber organization. The thickness mean values measured by ultrasound in PG-depleted groups were significantly higher than in controls, whereas no significant difference in thickness was detected by histological measurement. The increase in cartilage thickness may potentially be explained by a decrease of speed of sound in PG-depleted cartilages that is more likely subsequent to an increase of water content. Conclusion: Current results indicate that PG depletion has no significant effect on high frequency ultrasound backscattered from rat patellar cartilage. Ultrasound may provide information about variations of PG content via speed of sound measurement. (C) 2002 OsteoArthritis Research Society International. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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