Compressed Lateral and anteroposterior Anatomical Systematic Sequences «CLASS»: compressed MRI sequences with assessed anatomical femoral and tibial ACL's footprints, a feasibility study.

Autor: Thürig G; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital and University of Fribourg, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland., Panadero-Morales R; Biomechanics Institute of Valencia, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, 46022, Valencia, Spain., Giovannelli L; Healthcare Technology Group;Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine; Biomechanics Institute of Valencia, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, 4602, Valencia, Spain., Kocher F; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital and University of Fribourg, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland., Peris JL; Healthcare Technology Group;Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine; Biomechanics Institute of Valencia, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, 4602, Valencia, Spain., Tannast M; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital and University of Fribourg, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland., Petek D; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital and University of Fribourg, CH-1700, Fribourg, Switzerland. daniel.petek@h-fr.ch.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of experimental orthopaedics [J Exp Orthop] 2022 Jan 12; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 12.
DOI: 10.1186/s40634-022-00445-3
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study's main objective is to assess the feasibility of processing the MRI information with identified ACL-footprints into 2D-images similar to a conventional anteroposterior and lateral X-Ray image of the knee. The secondary aim is to conduct specific measurements to assess the reliability and reproducibility. This study is a proof of concept of this technique.
Methods: Five anonymised MRIs of a right knee were analysed. A orthopaedic knee surgeon performed the footprints identification. An ad-hoc software allowed a volumetric 3D image projection on a 2D anteroposterior and lateral view. The previously defined anatomical femoral and tibial footprints were precisely identified on these views. Several parameters were measured (e.g. coronal and sagittal ratio of tibial footprint, sagittal ratio of femoral footprint, femoral intercondylar notch roof angle, proximal tibial slope and others). The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICCs), including 95% confidence intervals (CIs), has been calculated to assess intraobserver reproducibility and interobserver reliability.
Results: Five MRI scans of a right knee have been assessed (three females, two males, mean age of 30.8 years old). Five 2D-"CLASS" have been created. The measured parameters showed a "substantial" to "almost perfect" reproducibility and an "almost perfect" reliability.
Conclusion: This study confirmed the possibility of generating "CLASS" with the localised centroid of the femoral and tibial ACL footprints from a 3D volumetric model. "CLASS" also showed that these footprints were easily identified on standard anteroposterior and lateral X-Ray views of the same patient, thus allowing an individual identification of the anatomical femoral and tibial ACL's footprints.
Level of Evidence: Level IV diagnostic study.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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