Contents
Target Outcome
Scoring of the Open Knee(s) based on magnetic resonance imaging as an indicator of their health status
Prerequisites
Previous Protocols
For more details, see Specifications/ExperimentationAnatomicalImaging.
Protocols
Input
- Magnetic resonance image sets (DICOM or NIfTI format)
Procedures
Potential scoring systems include MOAKS, WORMS, and BLOKS (see references)
Output
- Specimen score
References
Hunter DJ, Guermazi A, Lo GH, Grainger AJ, Conaghan PG, Boudreau RM, Roemer FW. Evolution of semi-quantitative whole joint assessment of knee OA: MOAKS (MRI Osteoarthritis Knee Score). Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2011 Aug;19(8):990-1002. PubMed
Guermazi A, Roemer FW, Haugen IK, Crema MD, Hayashi D. MRI-based semiquantitative scoring of joint pathology in osteoarthritis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2013 Apr;9(4):236-51. PubMed