A perspective on the evolution of semi-quantitative MRI assessment of osteoarthritis: Past, present and future.

Journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This perspective describes the evolution of semi-quantitative (SQ) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in characterizing structural tissue pathologies in osteoarthritis (OA) imaging research over the last 30 years.

Authors

  • Frank W Roemer
    Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, United States; Department of Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. Electronic address: Frank.Roemer@uk-erlangen.de.
  • Mohamed Jarraya
    From the Departments of Radiology (A. Guermazi, A.J.K., A.M.M., H.R., A.C.M., D.H.), Orthopaedic Surgery (C.T., X.L.), and Family Medicine (D.C.), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass; Department of Radiology, VA Boston Healthcare System, 1400 VFW Parkway, Suite 1B105, West Roxbury, MA 02132 (A. Guermazi); Gleamer, Paris, France (A.D., A.T., E.L., A.P., N.E.); Department of Biostatistics, CHU Rouen, Rouen, France (A. Gillibert); Department of Rheumatology, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Braintree, Mass (Y.L.); Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02114 (M.J.); Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, Paris, France (A.P.); Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY (R.L.P.); University Health Services and Primary Care Sports Medicine, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass (D.C.); and Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY (D.H.).
  • Daichi Hayashi
    Department of Radiology, Stony Brook Medicine, State University of New York, United States; Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, United States. Electronic address: Daichi.Hayashi@stonybrookmedicine.edu.
  • Michel D Crema
    Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; Institute of Sports Imaging, French National Institute of Sports (INSEP), Paris, France.
  • Ida K Haugen
    Center for Treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
  • David J Hunter
    Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Ali Guermazi
    Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.