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01.01.2012 | Original Paper

Comparison of articular cartilage images assessed by high-frequency ultrasound microscope and scanning acoustic microscope

verfasst von: Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Yoshifumi Saijo, Akira Ando, Yoshito Onoda, Hideaki Suda, Eiichi Chimoto, Kouki Hatori, Eiji Itoi

Erschienen in: International Orthopaedics | Ausgabe 1/2012

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to compare images of a newly developed high-frequency ultrasound imaging system (HFUIS) and scanning acoustic microscope (SAM) and to calculate their Pearson product moment correlations with a view to applying HFUIS for clinical use.

Methods

Cylindrical cartilage–bone complexes from adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were obtained. The specimens were immersed in normal saline and scanned by HFUIS. Intensity by HFUIS was normalised by reflection from a steel plate at the same distance. After the scanning, specimens were fixed with paraformaldehyde, decalcified and embedded in paraffin. Thinly sliced tissues were prepared for SAM evaluation. After the scanning, three layers of articular cartilage (superficial, middle and deep) were independently evaluated and their relationships calculated.

Results

The superficial and deep layers indicated high relative intensity, whereas the middle layer showed nonhomogeneous relative intensity by HFUIS. A high relative intensity by HFUIS and high sound speed area by SAM had strong correlations (Pearson product moment correlation, superficial layer 0.704, middle layer 0.731).

Conclusions

HFUIS produced high-resolution images of the articular cartilage and its intensity was strongly correlated with sound speed by SAM.

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Titel: Comparison of articular cartilage images assessed by high-frequency ultrasound microscope and scanning acoustic microscope
verfasst von: Yoshihiro Hagiwara
Yoshifumi Saijo
Akira Ando
Yoshito Onoda
Hideaki Suda
Eiichi Chimoto
Kouki Hatori
Eiji Itoi
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2012
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: International Orthopaedics / Ausgabe 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-011-1263-1

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