Keywords:
Musculoskeletal joint, MR, Outcomes analysis, Trauma
Authors:
C. Fuster Such, F. Cegarra-Navarro, M. Iglesias, J. Salvador Marín, C. Alcántara Zafra, M. Borrás Fernández, J. Oliva Lozano, D. Melgares De Aguilar, F. Lajara Marco
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2023/C-22812
Conclusion
After analyzing the results obtained in our study the main conclusion was that T2-Mapping sequence allows the detection of chondral lesions that would have passedundetected with only morphological sequences such as TrueFisp. This may lead to anearly diagnosis and allowed the traumatologist to start an adequate and specifictreatment which could determine a significant improvement in the evolution andprognosis of this condition. Moreover, interobserver agreement gradation in T2-Mapping femoral assessment and patellar damage level evaluation with Outerbridgeclassification was satisfactory, and also highly successful at focal lesions recognition.
Due to the high prevalence of degenerative joint disease, having the ability to evaluateknee joint cartilage with MR imaging is a great need.MR imaging study of knee cartilage structural and functional disorders is an excellentbiomarker of cartilage cells degeneration.
Nowadays, specific sequences and quantification methods are used to assessthickness, surface and signal intensity at MR image studies, which are related with theactual collagen structure and the presence of interstitial swelling. We do agree withother authors about the usefulness of T2-Mapping MR sequence for early detectionlesions.