Abstract Number: 732 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes in Subchondral Bone Provide a Sensitive Marker for Osteoarthritis and Its Progression: Results From a Large Osteoarthritis Initiative Cohort
Background/Purpose: Change in subchondral bone has been clinically associated with progression of osteoarthritis (OA). Modern image analysis techniques allow accurate, automated identification of bone in…Abstract Number: 38 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bone Marrow Lesions On Magnetic Resonance Imaging Are Not Associated with Regions of Hypermetabolism in an Animal Model of Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: The underlying histopathological basis for bone marrow lesions (BML) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in osteoarthritis (OA) is unclear, but may be associated with…Abstract Number: 2467 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tissue Lesions in Osteoarthritis Initiative Participants with Normal X-Rays and Risk Factors for Incident Cartilage Damage
Background/Purpose: Understanding factors underlying initial development of knee OA is crucial to effective prevention strategy design. Our goals were to: 1) determine extent of tissue…Abstract Number: 1117 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between Hip Bone Marrow Lesions (BMLs) and Bone Mineral Density: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Population-Based Study
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) have been identified one of the key pathologic features in knee osteoarthritis (OA) 1. However, there is limited data on…Abstract Number: 1121 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Degenerative Medial Meniscal Pathology May Initiate in the Posterior Horn: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Background/Purpose: Meniscal pathology is highly prevalent in knee Osteoarthritis (OA). However, details regarding the distribution of pathology within the meniscus has yet to be described…Abstract Number: 1028 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Semi-Quantitative Assessment of Bone Marrow Edema and Synovitis-Effusion in Osteoarthritis with the Knee Inflammation MRI Scoring System: A Target Lesion Based Methodology
Background/Purpose: Current MRI scoring methods for assessment of bone marrow lesions (BML) in the knee of patients with osteoarthritis rely on a complex subdivision of…