Quantitative musculoskeletal imaging biomarkers

[Imaging biomarkers, quantitative imaging, and bioengineering].

Imaging biomarkers define objective characteristics extracted from medical images that are related to normal biological processes, diseases, or the response to treatment. To develop an imaging biomarker, it is necessary to carry out a series of steps to validate its relation with the reality studied and to check its clinical and technical validity. This process includes defining tests for the c...

Systematic review of quantitative imaging biomarkers for neck and shoulder musculoskeletal disorders

BACKGROUND This study systematically summarizes quantitative imaging biomarker research in non-traumatic neck and shoulder musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). There were two research questions: 1) Are there quantitative imaging biomarkers associated with the presence of neck and shoulder MSDs?, 2) Are there quantitative imaging biomarkers associated with the severity of neck and shoulder MSDs? ...

Obesity, adiposopathy, and quantitative imaging biomarkers

Radiol Bras. 2017 Mai/Jun;50(3):VII–VIII Obesity is a metabolic disease with increasing incidence at a global level. The prevalence of obesity doubled between 1980 and 2014, now corresponding to more than half a billion obese people worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that more than a third of adults over 18 years of age are now overweight. Obesity plays an important role in the ...

pediatric musculoskeletal imaging guidelines, pediatric musculoskeletal imaging age considerations

Musculoskeletal Imaging

RESULTS: The specific medial tibial contusion was demonstrated in 25 of 215 (12%) knee MR examinations. Associated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears were found in 25 of the 25 (100%) examinations. Injury to the meniscocapsular junction (14 of 25) or a peripheral tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus (10 of 25) occurred in a combined 96% of the cases. Lateral compartment contusi...