MULTINUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR IN VIVO PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT OF ARTICULAR CARTILAGE

• Main Author: ,, D!LEEP KUMAR
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/21342/1/2014%20-ELECTRICAL%20%26%20ELECTRONIC%20-%20MULTINUCLEAR%20MAGNETIC%20RESONANCE%20IMAGING%20FOR%20IN%20VIVO%20PHYSIOLOGICAL%20AND%20MORPHOLOGICAL%20MEASUREMENT%20OF%20ARTICULAR%20CARTILAGE%20-%20DILEEP.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/21342/

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a serious, painful and life altering joint disease that will lead to the failure of synovial joint organs and it is most common in the knee joint The main characteristic of knee OA is the gradual loss of articular cartilage (AC). Gradual loss (degeneration process) usually starts with mild damage to AC and progressing to complete loss of AC. For treatment of OA, orthopaedic surgeons may promote the use of hyaluronic acid treatment to stop further degeneration of the cartilage or NSAIDs to reduce the inflammation, joint swelling, stiffness and pain in knee joint These treatments are necessary to avoid the need of knee replacements. Thus, it is extremely important to develop a diagnostic tool that can detect early onset of knee OA.