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Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computer Vision Technologies for Analysis of Knee Articular Cartilage Degeneration.

Artjoms Suponenkovs 1, Ardis Platkajis 2, Zigurds Markovics 1

1Faculty of computer science and information technology, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia

2Medical Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Abstract

Introduction: There is a growth in the number of people with osteoarthritis. Consequently, the analysis of knee articular cartilage degeneration by magnetic resonance imaging data is very important. The magnetic resonance imaging data of a knee contains a lot of information. Unfortunately, a radiology technologist who uses simple (grayscale) images can analyze only a small part of knee data. The aim of the proposed methods is to provide more information about knee articular cartilage.

Materials and Methods: This paper proposes methods for visualization of knee cartilage, segmentation of knee tissues and analysis of cartilage changes.

Results: The experimental part contains the results and descriptions of visualization, segmentation and analysis methods.

Conclusions: The proposed methods and data obtained from cartilage experiments can be useful for diagnosing osteoarthritis, which will allow starting treatment earlier and therefore reducing the risk of cartilage destruction.

 

Keyword: medical imaging; knee-joint; computer vision; osteoarthritis; image pre-processing; magnetic resonance imaging; image segmentation; tissue analysis; DICOM.