Quantitative Ultrasound Assessment of Early Osteoarthritis in Human Articular Cartilage Using a High-Frequency Linear Array Transducer

The objective of this ex vivo study was to assess the performance of QUS in detecting early OA using a high-frequency linear array transducer. Osteochondral plugs (n = 26) of human articular cartilage were scanned with ExactVu Micro-Ultrasound using an EV29L side-fire transducer. For comparison, the samples were also imaged with SAM200Ex, a custom 40-MHz scanning acoustic microscope with a single-element, focused transducer.

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Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - May 7, 2022 Category: Radiology Authors: Theresa H. Lye, Omar Gachouch, Lisa Renner, Sefer Elezkurtaj, Hannes Cash, Daniel Messroghli, Kay Raum, Jonathan Mamou Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research