Making a thickness map of the human knee hyalin cartilage

The objective of the paper is to make a thickness map of the hyaline cartilage using MRI for its subsequent comparison with standard knee joint X-ray. Materials and Methods. The study included MRI of knee joints of 120 patients: 65 females and 55 males, aged 35-59 (mean age 47.0±8.1) with different limb axes. There were 58 sectional images of the right knee joints, and 62 images of the left knee joints. All results were processed using the Syngo fastView program. The aim was to create a model of the distal epiphysis of the femur and the proximal epiphysis of the tibia, as well as dissections of cartilage tissue and bone. The next step was to determine the cartilage thickness according to the created models (2 mm interval) in order to make a map, on which the cartilage thickness can subsequently be estimated, based on the standard knee joint X-ray. Results. The hyaline cartilage thickness varies depending on the patient’s sex and limb axis. Thus, the maximum cartilage thickness was in men on the articular surface of the distal epiphysis...