Quantification of bone marrow lesion volume and volume change using semi-automated segmentation: data from the osteoarthritis initiative

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Timothy E McAlindon²  Felix Eckstein⁸  Charles B Eaton³  John A Lynch⁶  Lori Lyn Price¹  Robert J Ward⁷  Grace H Lo⁵  Eric Miller⁴  Geoffroy Destenaves²  Jeffrey B Driban²  Jincheng Pang⁴ 

[1] Biostatistics Research Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box #63, Boston, MA, 02111, USA;Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box #406, Boston, MA, 02111, USA;Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, USA;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University, 216 Halligan Hall, Medford, MA, 02155, USA;Medical Care Line and Research Care Line; Houston Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX, USA;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, 185 Berry Street, Lobby 5, Suite 5700, San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA;Department of Radiology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Box #299, Boston, MA, 02111, USA;Chondrometrics GmbH, Ainring, Germany

关键词: Osteoarthritis;    Magnetic resonance imaging;    Knee;   

Others  :  1134286
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2474-14-3

 received in 2012-07-16, accepted in 2012-12-23,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

To determine the validity of a semi-automated segmentation of bone marrow lesions (BMLs) in the knee.

Methods

Construct validity of the semi-automated BML segmentation method was explored in two studies performed using sagittal intermediate weighted, turbo spine echo, fat-suppressed magnetic resonance imaging sequences obtained from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. The first study (n = 48) evaluated whether tibia BML volume was different across Boston Leeds Osteoarthritis Knee Scores (BLOKS) for tibia BMLs (semiquantitative grades 0 to 3). In the second study (n = 40), we evaluated whether BML volume change was associated with changes in cartilage parameters. The knees in both studies were segmented by one investigator. We performed Wilcoxon signed-rank tests to determine if tibia BML volume was different between adjacent BLOKS BML scores and calculated Spearman correlation coefficients to assess the relationship between 2-year BML volume change and 2-year cartilage morphometry change (significance was p ≤ 0.05).

Results

BML volume was significantly greater between BLOKS BML score 0 and 1 (z = 2.85, p = 0.004) and BLOKS BML scores 1 and 2 (z = 3.09, p = 0.002). There was no significant difference between BLOKS BML scores 2 and 3 (z = −0.30, p = 0.77). Increased tibia BML volume was significantly related to increased tibia denuded area (Spearman r = 0.42, p = 0.008), decreased tibia cartilage thickness (Spearman r = −0.46, p = 0.004), increased femur denuded area (Spearman r = 0.35, p = 0.03), and possibly decreased femur cartilage thickness (Spearman r = −0.30, p = 0.07) but this last finding was not statistically significant.

Conclusion

The new, efficient, and reliable semi-automated BML segmentation method provides valid BML volume measurements that increase with greater BLOKS BML scores and confirms previous reports that BML size is associated with longitudinal cartilage loss.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Pang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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