Texture Analysis of Cartilage Repair Tissue Maturation: Comparison of Two Cartilage Repair Methods and Correlation with MOCART 2.0.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the maturation of matrix-associated autologous chondrocyte transplantation (MACT) grafts up to 2 years after the surgery using gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) texture analysis of quantitative T₂ maps, compare the results with the microfracturing technique (MFX) control group, and relate these results to the morphological MOCART 2.0 score.

Design

A subcohort of 37 patients from prospective, multi-center study underwent examination on a 3T MR scanner, including a T₂ mapping sequence at 3, 12, and 24 months after surgery. Changes between the time-points in the mean T₂ values and 20 GLCM features extracted from T₂ maps were assessed in repair tissue, tissue adjacent to the repa

SUBMITTER: Janacova V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780626 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature