Is the EOS imaging system as accurate as conventional radiography in grading osteoarthritis of the knee?

ConclusionsThe grading of OA using the KL score as well as the quantitative assessment of joint space width can be performed on EOS images in a.p. view as reliably as on CR. Subchondral sclerosis of the lateral and medial femur condyle or tibia is sometimes not as evident on EOS images.Key Points• Grading of OA may be performed as reliably with EOS images in a.p. view as with conventional radiographs in a.p. view.• EOS can be safely used for primary assessment of osteoarthritis of the knee.• In the preoperative setting for knee replacement surgery, conventional radiographs in two or three planes of the knee should still be acquired in addition to long-leg EOS images.
Source: European Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research