Jian Zhao1, Xiaojuan Li, Radu I Bolbos, Thomas M Link, Sharmila Majumdar. 1. Musculoskeletal and Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively assess the relationship between bone marrow edema-like lesions (BMELs) and the associated cartilage in knee osteoarthritis (OA) using T(1rho) quantification at 3 T MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-four patients with knee OA and 14 control subjects underwent 3 T MRI. Nineteen patients and all control subjects had 1-year follow-up studies. The volume and signal intensity difference of BMELs were calculated. Cartilage degeneration was graded using the cartilage subscore of Whole-Organ MRI Score (WORMS) analysis. Cartilage T(1rho) values were calculated in each compartment as well as in cartilage overlying BMELs (OC) and surrounding cartilage (SC). RESULTS: At baseline, 25 BMELs were found in 16 out of 24 patients. The overall T(1rho) values were significantly higher in patients with BMELs than in those without BMELs. At baseline and follow-up, both T(1rho) values and WORMS cartilage subscore grading were significantly higher in OC than SC. Cartilage T(1rho) increase from baseline to follow-up in OC was significantly higher than that in SC. An increase in T(1rho) values in OC was correlated with signal intensity of BMEL at both baseline and follow-up, but was not correlated with BMEL volume. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest a local spatial correlation between BMELs and more advanced and accelerated cartilage degeneration. MRI T(1rho) quantification in cartilage provides a sensitive tool for evaluating such correlations.
OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively assess the relationship between bone marrow edema-like lesions (BMELs) and the associated cartilage in knee osteoarthritis (OA) using T(1rho) quantification at 3 T MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-four patients with knee OA and 14 control subjects underwent 3 T MRI. Nineteen patients and all control subjects had 1-year follow-up studies. The volume and signal intensity difference of BMELs were calculated. Cartilage degeneration was graded using the cartilage subscore of Whole-Organ MRI Score (WORMS) analysis. Cartilage T(1rho) values were calculated in each compartment as well as in cartilage overlying BMELs (OC) and surrounding cartilage (SC). RESULTS: At baseline, 25 BMELs were found in 16 out of 24 patients. The overall T(1rho) values were significantly higher in patients with BMELs than in those without BMELs. At baseline and follow-up, both T(1rho) values and WORMS cartilage subscore grading were significantly higher in OC than SC. Cartilage T(1rho) increase from baseline to follow-up in OC was significantly higher than that in SC. An increase in T(1rho) values in OC was correlated with signal intensity of BMEL at both baseline and follow-up, but was not correlated with BMEL volume. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest a local spatial correlation between BMELs and more advanced and accelerated cartilage degeneration. MRI T(1rho) quantification in cartilage provides a sensitive tool for evaluating such correlations.
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