Naglaa Samy Fahmy Abou Taira

Diagnostic performance of T2 mapping and diffusion-weighted MRI in early detection of cartilage degeneration in knee osteoarthritis

Abstract Background Early knee osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with biochemical cartilage changes that may not be visible on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or plain radiography. Quantitative MRI techniques, including T2 mapping and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI...