A More Posterior Tibial Tubercle (Decreased Sagittal Tibial Tubercle-Trochlear Groove Distance) Is Significantly Associated With Patellofemoral Joint Degenerative Cartilage Change: A Deep Learning Analysis.

Journal: Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To perform patellofemoral joint (PFJ) geometric measurements on knee magnetic resonance imaging scans and determine their relations with chondral lesions in a multicenter cohort using deep learning.

Authors

  • Nikan K Namiri
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.; Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and Center for Intelligent Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Francesco Calivá
    School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK.
  • Alejandro Morales Martinez
    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and Center for Intelligent Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Valentina Pedoia
    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
  • Drew A Lansdown
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.. Electronic address: Drew.Lansdown@ucsf.edu.