Integration of accelerated MRI and post-processing software: a promising method for studies of knee osteoarthritis

摘要

Objective: Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) is a widely used imaging modality for studies of knee osteoarthritis ( OA). Compared to radiography, MRI offers exceptional soft tissue imaging and true three-dimensional ( 3D) visualization. However, MRI is expensive both due to the cost of acquisition and evaluation of the images. The goal of our study is to develop a new method to address the cost of MRI by combining innovative acquisition methods and automated post-processing software.