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- Xiaojuan Li, Alex Pai, Gabrielle Blumenkrantz, Julio Carballido-Gamio, Thomas Link, Benjamin Ma, Michael Ries, and Sharmila Majumdar.
- Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94107, USA. xiaojuan.li@radiology.ucsf.edu
- Magn Reson Med. 2009 Jun 1; 61 (6): 1310-8.
AbstractT(1rho) and T(2) relaxation time constants have been proposed to probe biochemical changes in osteoarthritic cartilage. This study aimed to evaluate the spatial correlation and distribution of T(1rho) and T(2) values in osteoarthritic cartilage. Ten patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and 10 controls were studied at 3T. The spatial correlation of T(1rho) and T(2) values was investigated using Z-scores. The spatial variation of T(1rho) and T(2) values in patellar cartilage was studied in different cartilage layers. The distribution of these relaxation time constants was measured using texture analysis parameters based on gray-level co-occurrence matrices (GLCM). The mean Z-scores for T(1rho) and T(2) values were significantly higher in OA patients vs. controls (P < 0.05). Regional correlation coefficients of T(1rho) and T(2) Z-scores showed a large range in both controls and OA patients (0.2-0.7). OA patients had significantly greater GLCM contrast and entropy of T(1rho) values than controls (P < 0.05). In summary, T(1rho) and T(2) values are not only increased but are also more heterogeneous in osteoarthritic cartilage. T(1rho) and T(2) values show different spatial distributions and may provide complementary information regarding cartilage degeneration in OA.
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