Three-dimensional turbo spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and semiquantitative assessment of knee osteoarthritis: comparison with two-dimensional routine MRIM D Crema
Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:428-33. 2013
..The aim of this study was to evaluate three-dimensional (3D) turbo spin-echo (TSE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for semiquantitative assessment of knee OA...
Peripatellar synovitis: comparison between non-contrast-enhanced and contrast-enhanced MRI and association with pain. The MOST studyM D Crema
Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Department of Radiology, Hospital do Coração HCor, and Teleimagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil Electronic address
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:413-8. 2013
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- Prevalent cartilage damage and cartilage loss over time are associated with incident bone marrow lesions in the tibiofemoral compartments: the MOST study
M D Crema
Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Department of Radiology, Hospital do Coração HCor and Teleimagem, Sao Paulo, Brazil Electronic address
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 21:306-13. 2013
..To assess the association of prevalent cartilage damage and cartilage loss over time with incident bone marrow lesions (BMLs) in the same subregion of the tibiofemoral compartments as detected on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
- Scapholunate advanced collapse and scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse: MDCT arthrography features
Michel D Crema
Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Bldg, 3rd Fl, Boston, MA 02118, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 199:W202-7. 2012
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- Magnetic resonance imaging in knee osteoarthritis research: semiquantitative and compositional assessment
Michel D Crema
Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 19:295-321. 2011
..Compositional imaging of cartilage has added to our ability to detect early degeneration before morphologic changes are present, which may help to prevent the permanent morphologic changes commonly seen in knee OA...
- The relationship between prevalent medial meniscal intrasubstance signal changes and incident medial meniscal tears in women over a 1-year period assessed with 3.0 T MRI
Michel D Crema
Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Skeletal Radiol 40:1017-23. 2011
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of prevalent intrasubstance signal changes with incident tears of the medial meniscus detected on 3.0 T MRI over a 1-year period...
- Articular cartilage in the knee: current MR imaging techniques and applications in clinical practice and research
Michel D Crema
Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Imaging Core Laboratory, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiographics 31:37-61. 2011
..These techniques may be used in various combinations and at various magnetic field strengths in clinical and research settings to improve the characterization of changes in cartilage...
- MR imaging of intra- and periarticular soft tissues and subchondral bone in knee osteoarthritis
Michel D Crema
Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 3 rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 47:687-701. 2009
..Cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluation has enabled us to understand their relevance in explaining pain and structural progression...
- Subchondral cystlike lesions develop longitudinally in areas of bone marrow edema-like lesions in patients with or at risk for knee osteoarthritis: detection with MR imaging--the MOST study
Michel D Crema
Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, and Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiology 256:855-62. 2010
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- Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of subchondral bone and soft tissues in knee osteoarthritis
Michel D Crema
Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 35:557-77. 2009
..Cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluation has enabled practitioners to understand their relevance in explaining pain and structural progression...
- The association of prevalent medial meniscal pathology with cartilage loss in the medial tibiofemoral compartment over a 2-year period
M D Crema
Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 18:336-43. 2010
..To investigate the association of different types of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-detected medial meniscal pathology with subregional cartilage loss in the medial tibiofemoral compartment...
- MDCT arthrography features of ulnocarpal impaction syndrome
Michel D Crema
Department of Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 193:1376-81. 2009
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- Contrast-enhanced MRI of subchondral cysts in patients with or at risk for knee osteoarthritis: the MOST study
M D Crema
Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Eur J Radiol 75:e92-6. 2010
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- The association of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-detected structural pathology of the knee with crepitus in a population-based cohort with knee pain: the MoDEKO study
M D Crema
Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, Third Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:1429-32. 2011
..In the selected whole-knee model, only meniscal tears were associated with an increased risk for general crepitus. Thus, it seems that crepitus may be associated with pathology in several internal structures...
- Assessment of synovitis with contrast-enhanced MRI using a whole-joint semiquantitative scoring system in people with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: the MOST study
Ali Guermazi
Quantitative Imaging Center QIC, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Ann Rheum Dis 70:805-11. 2011
..To introduce a comprehensive and reliable scoring system for the assessment of whole-knee joint synovitis based on contrast-enhanced (CE) MRI...
- Presence of MRI-detected joint effusion and synovitis increases the risk of cartilage loss in knees without osteoarthritis at 30-month follow-up: the MOST study
Frank W Roemer
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Ann Rheum Dis 70:1804-9. 2011
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- Tibiofemoral joint osteoarthritis: risk factors for MR-depicted fast cartilage loss over a 30-month period in the multicenter osteoarthritis study
Frank W Roemer
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Building, Third Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiology 252:772-80. 2009
..To assess baseline factors that may predict fast tibiofemoral cartilage loss over a 30-month period...
- Hoffa's Fat Pad: Evaluation on Unenhanced MR Images as a Measure of Patellofemoral Synovitis in Osteoarthritis
Frank W Roemer
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, MA, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 192:1696-700. 2009
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- Factors associated with meniscal extrusion in knees with or at risk for osteoarthritis: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis study
Michel D Crema
Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiology 264:494-503. 2012
..To assess the associations of meniscal tears, knee mal-alignment, cartilage damage, knee effusion, and body mass index with meniscal extrusion...
- Risk factors for magnetic resonance imaging-detected patellofemoral and tibiofemoral cartilage loss during a six-month period: the joints on glucosamine study
Frank W Roemer
Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Arthritis Rheum 64:1888-98. 2012
..To assess several baseline risk factors that may predict patellofemoral and tibiofemoral cartilage loss during a 6-month period...
- Co-localisation of non-cartilaginous articular pathology increases risk of cartilage loss in the tibiofemoral joint--the MOST study
Frank W Roemer
Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ann Rheum Dis 72:942-8. 2013
..To assess risk of cartilage loss in the tibiofemoral joint in relation to baseline damage severity, and to analyse the association of nearby pathologic findings on the risk of subsequent cartilage loss...
- Radiographically occult and subtle fractures: a pictorial review
Mohamed Jarraya
Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Section, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiol Res Pract 2013:370169. 2013
..Our aim is to raise the awareness of radiologists and clinicians in these cases by presenting illustrative cases and a discussion of the relevant literature...
- Relevant traumatic injury of the knee joint-MRI follow-up after 7-10 years
Michel D Crema
Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Medical School, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Eur J Radiol 72:473-9. 2009
..To evaluate prospectively the history of relevant traumatic knee injuries at least 7 years after trauma by MRI focusing on the development of degenerative changes...
- MRI features of cystic lesions around the knee
Monica D Marra
Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118, United States
Knee 15:423-38. 2008
..Clinicians must be aware about the MRI features and the differential diagnosis of cystic lesions around the knee to avoid misdiagnosis...
- The Relationship between Meniscal Tears and Meniscal Position
Deborah M Allen
New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA, USA
Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis 2:315-23. 2010
..These results may have important implications in identifying tear types associated with more meniscal dysfunction, with the ultimate goal of identifying those at greatest risk for knee OA progression...
- Semiquantitative assessment of focal cartilage damage at 3T MRI: a comparative study of dual echo at steady state (DESS) and intermediate-weighted (IW) fat suppressed fast spin echo sequences
Frank W Roemer
Quantitative Imaging Center QIC, Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Eur J Radiol 80:e126-31. 2011
..The aim of the study was to compare semiquantitative assessment of focal cartilage damage using the dual echo at steady state (DESS)- and intermediate-weighted (IW) fat suppressed (fs) sequences at 3T MRI...
- Advances in imaging of osteoarthritis and cartilage
Frank W Roemer
Quantitative Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Radiology 260:332-54. 2011
..Although MR imaging is the most important modality in imaging of OA and cartilage, others such as ultrasonography play a complementary role that will be discussed briefly...
- MRI-based semiquantitative scoring of joint pathology in osteoarthritis
Ali Guermazi
Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Nat Rev Rheumatol 9:236-51. 2013
..Although these new scoring systems offer theoretical advantages over pre-existing systems, whether they offer actual superiority with regard to reliability, responsiveness and validity remains to be seen...
- Traumatic injuries of thigh and calf muscles in athletes: role and clinical relevance of MR imaging and ultrasound
Daichi Hayashi
Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Avenue, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
Insights Imaging 3:591-601. 2012
..Common athletic injuries include strain, contusion and avulsion, which are characterised by muscle fibre disruption, intramuscular haemorrhagic dissection, haematoma at the musculotendinous junction, and perifascial blood or haematoma...
