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Delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) in early knee osteoarthritis.

Tiderius, Carl Johan LU ; Olsson, Lars E LU orcid ; Leander, Peter LU ; Ekberg, Olle LU and Dahlberg, Leif LU (2003) In Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 49(3). p.488-492
Abstract
Delayed contrast-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) is a noninvasive technique to study cartilage glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content in vivo. This study evaluates dGEMRIC in patients with preradiographic degenerative cartilage changes. Seventeen knees in 15 patients (age 35-70) with arthroscopically verified cartilage changes (softening and fibrillations) in the medial or lateral femoral compartment, knee pain, and normal weight-bearing radiography were included. MRI (1.5 T) was performed precontrast and at 1.5 and 3 hr after an intravenous injection of Gd-DTPA2- at 0.3 mmol/kg body weight. T1 measurements were made in regions of interest in medial and lateral femoral cartilage using sets of five turbo inversion recovery images. Precontrast,... (More)
Delayed contrast-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) is a noninvasive technique to study cartilage glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content in vivo. This study evaluates dGEMRIC in patients with preradiographic degenerative cartilage changes. Seventeen knees in 15 patients (age 35-70) with arthroscopically verified cartilage changes (softening and fibrillations) in the medial or lateral femoral compartment, knee pain, and normal weight-bearing radiography were included. MRI (1.5 T) was performed precontrast and at 1.5 and 3 hr after an intravenous injection of Gd-DTPA2- at 0.3 mmol/kg body weight. T1 measurements were made in regions of interest in medial and lateral femoral cartilage using sets of five turbo inversion recovery images. Precontrast, R1 (R1 = 1/T1, 1/s) was slightly lower in diseased compared to reference compartment, indicating increased hydration (P = 0.01). Postcontrast, R1 was higher in diseased than in reference compartment at 1.5 hr, 3.45 ± 0.90 and 2.64 ± 0.58 (mean ± SD), respectively (P < 0.01), as well as at 3 hr, 2.94 ± 0.60 and 2.50 ± 0.37, respectively (P = 0.01). The washout of the contrast medium was faster in diseased cartilage as shown by a higher R1 at 1.5 than at 3 hr in the diseased but not in the reference compartment. In conclusion, dGEMRIC can identify GAG loss in early stage cartilage disease with a higher sensitivity at 1.5 than 3 hr. (Less)
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glycosaminoglycan, dGEMRIC, osteoarthritis, knee
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Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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488 - 492
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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1522-2594
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10.1002/mrm.10389
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English
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  abstract     = {{Delayed contrast-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) is a noninvasive technique to study cartilage glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content in vivo. This study evaluates dGEMRIC in patients with preradiographic degenerative cartilage changes. Seventeen knees in 15 patients (age 35-70) with arthroscopically verified cartilage changes (softening and fibrillations) in the medial or lateral femoral compartment, knee pain, and normal weight-bearing radiography were included. MRI (1.5 T) was performed precontrast and at 1.5 and 3 hr after an intravenous injection of Gd-DTPA2- at 0.3 mmol/kg body weight. T1 measurements were made in regions of interest in medial and lateral femoral cartilage using sets of five turbo inversion recovery images. Precontrast, R1 (R1 = 1/T1, 1/s) was slightly lower in diseased compared to reference compartment, indicating increased hydration (P = 0.01). Postcontrast, R1 was higher in diseased than in reference compartment at 1.5 hr, 3.45 ± 0.90 and 2.64 ± 0.58 (mean ± SD), respectively (P &lt; 0.01), as well as at 3 hr, 2.94 ± 0.60 and 2.50 ± 0.37, respectively (P = 0.01). The washout of the contrast medium was faster in diseased cartilage as shown by a higher R1 at 1.5 than at 3 hr in the diseased but not in the reference compartment. In conclusion, dGEMRIC can identify GAG loss in early stage cartilage disease with a higher sensitivity at 1.5 than 3 hr.}},
  author       = {{Tiderius, Carl Johan and Olsson, Lars E and Leander, Peter and Ekberg, Olle and Dahlberg, Leif}},
  issn         = {{1522-2594}},
  keywords     = {{glycosaminoglycan; dGEMRIC; osteoarthritis; knee}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{488--492}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Magnetic Resonance in Medicine}},
  title        = {{Delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) in early knee osteoarthritis.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.10389}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/mrm.10389}},
  volume       = {{49}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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