Precision of sonographic measurement of articular cartilage: inter- and intraobserver analysis

Castriota-Scanderbeg, Alessandro; Micheli, V. De; Scarale, M. G.; Bonetti, M.G.; Cammisa, M

doi:10.1007/s002560050132

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“…In OA, sonography has shown its capability in detecting and evaluating a large number of abnormalities involving hyaline cartilage, synovial fluid and synovial membrane, menisci, joint capsule and bursae as well as in the bony cortex [1,11,21,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. Recent development of high-resolution transducers and more powerful machines has rendered US an emerging and even more widely used tool to image and investigate both early and late changes in OA [9,11,17,32,33].…”

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Imaging the joint in osteoarthritis: a place for ultrasound?

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2010

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology

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Ultrasound (US) is a valuable tool for imaging musculoskeletal changes in osteoarthritis. It shows early and late findings related to inflammation and structural damage. Sonography is a safe tool, which has recently registered an increasing and widespread use, it being considered as a bedside procedure in the clinical assessment of rheumatic patients. Its applications in osteoarthritis are related to easy accessibility of equipment, low cost, short duration of single examinations and the possibility of performing a multiregional joint evaluation in the same scanning session. Permitting an extensive evaluation of most joint changes present in osteoarthritis, it gives the opportunity to monitor disease progression and perform a follow-up of the response to different local and systemic treatments. US-guided procedures are commonly performed with safety, reliability and optimal patient tolerance. Development in technology and technique with improvement of new research studies will further amplify the diagnostic role of ultrasound in osteoarthritis in the near future. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

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Imaging the joint in osteoarthritis: a place for ultrasound?

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2010

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology

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“…Mentzel et al [14,15] determined the correlation between the speed of sound waves passing thorough the distal radial and ulnar epiphyses and skeletal age according to the Greulich and Pyle atlas [9]. Castriota-Scanderbeg et al [5][6][7] pursued the question whether ultrasonically obtained femoral head and femoral condyle cartilage thickness measurements were suitable measures of skeletal age.…”

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Ultrasound studies on the time course of clavicular ossification

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Int J Legal Med

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When preparing forensic age estimates for living subjects over 18 years of age, it is crucial to evaluate the stage of ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis. The establishment of radiation-free imaging techniques for assessment of clavicular ossification would be desirable in order to reduce the radiation exposure associated with forensic age estimations. In the present study, 84 right clavicles of test subjects 12-30 years of age were prospectively evaluated by means of ultrasound. Ossification stage classification was possible in 80 of the 84 medial clavicular epiphyses studied. In the remaining cases, stage classification was not possible due to the presence of developmental anomalies. The earliest ages at which the respective ossification stages were observed were 17.1 years for stage 2, 16.7 years for stage 3, and 22.5 years for stage 4. The age intervals observed for the ossification stages are consistent with the known data from radiological and computed tomography assessments. The present study results should be confirmed in a larger number of cases and with analysis of observer variability. Evaluation of medial clavicular epiphyseal ossification by ultrasound could ultimately be a rapid and economic non-ionizing diagnostic imaging procedure for forensic age estimation.

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“…5 Ultrasonography (US), which is increasingly being used as a diagnostic aid in many disorders, has been shown to be a reliable tool for evaluating femoral cartilage. 6,7 The aim of the current study was to evaluate the femoral cartilage thickness in leprosy patients by using US.…”

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