OBJECTIVE: The Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) is targeted at identifying sensitive biomarkers and risk factors of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) onset and progression. Quantitative cartilage imaging in the OAI relies on validated fast low angle shot (FLASH) sequences that suffer from relatively long acquisition times, and on a near-isotropic double echo steady-state (DESS) sequence. We therefore directly compared the sensitivity to cartilage thickness changes and the correlation of these protocols longitudinally. METHODS: Baseline (BL) and 12 month follow-up data of 80 knees were acquired using 1.5 mm coronal FLASH and 0.7 mm sagittal DESS (sagDESS) sequences. In these and in 1.5 mm coronal multi-planar reconstructions (MPR) of the DESS the medial femorotibial cartilage was segmented with blinding to acquisition order. In the weight-bearing femoral condyle, a 60% (distance between the trochlear notch and the posterior femur) and a 75% region of interest (ROI) were studied. RESULTS: The standardized response mean (SRM = mean change/standard deviation of change) in central medial femorotibial (cMFTC) cartilage thickness was -0.34 for coronal FLASH, -0.37 for coronal MPR DESS, -0.36 for sagDESS with the 60% ROI, and -0.38 for the 75% ROI. Using every second 0.7 mm sagittal slice (DESS) yielded similar SRMs in cMFTC for the 60% and 75% ROI from odd (-0.35/-0.36) and even slice numbers (-0.36/-0.39), respectively. BL cartilage thickness displayed high correlations (r > or = 0.94) between the three protocols; the correlations of longitudinal changes were > or = 0.79 (Pearson) and > or = 0.45 (Spearman). CONCLUSIONS: Cartilage morphometry with FLASH and DESS displays similar longitudinal sensitivity to change. Analysis of every second slice of the 0.7 mm DESS provides adequate sensitivity to change. 2010 Osteoarthritis Research Society International. All rights reserved.
OBJECTIVE: The Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) is targeted at identifying sensitive biomarkers and risk factors of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) onset and progression. Quantitative cartilage imaging in the OAI relies on validated fast low angle shot (FLASH) sequences that suffer from relatively long acquisition times, and on a near-isotropic double echo steady-state (DESS) sequence. We therefore directly compared the sensitivity to cartilage thickness changes and the correlation of these protocols longitudinally. METHODS: Baseline (BL) and 12 month follow-up data of 80 knees were acquired using 1.5 mm coronal FLASH and 0.7 mm sagittal DESS (sagDESS) sequences. In these and in 1.5 mm coronal multi-planar reconstructions (MPR) of the DESS the medial femorotibial cartilage was segmented with blinding to acquisition order. In the weight-bearing femoral condyle, a 60% (distance between the trochlear notch and the posterior femur) and a 75% region of interest (ROI) were studied. RESULTS: The standardized response mean (SRM = mean change/standard deviation of change) in central medial femorotibial (cMFTC) cartilage thickness was -0.34 for coronal FLASH, -0.37 for coronal MPR DESS, -0.36 for sagDESS with the 60% ROI, and -0.38 for the 75% ROI. Using every second 0.7 mm sagittal slice (DESS) yielded similar SRMs in cMFTC for the 60% and 75% ROI from odd (-0.35/-0.36) and even slice numbers (-0.36/-0.39), respectively. BL cartilage thickness displayed high correlations (r > or = 0.94) between the three protocols; the correlations of longitudinal changes were > or = 0.79 (Pearson) and > or = 0.45 (Spearman). CONCLUSIONS:Cartilage morphometry with FLASH and DESS displays similar longitudinal sensitivity to change. Analysis of every second slice of the 0.7 mm DESS provides adequate sensitivity to change. 2010 Osteoarthritis Research Society International. All rights reserved.
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