Diagnosis of osteoarthritis

MRI of bone and bone marrow in osteoarthritis

Bone pathology due to osteoarthrosis includes the formation of osteophytes, subchondral bone sclerosis, the formation of subchondral cysts and bone marrow edema. MRI, due to its multiplanar tomographic capabilities, is more sensitive than radiographic or computed tomography to visualize most of these types of changes.

Diagnosis of osteoarthritis: MRI of articular cartilage

MRI picture of articular cartilage reflects the totality of its histological structure and biochemical composition. Articular cartilage is hyaline, which does not have its own blood supply, lymphatic drainage and innervation. It consists of water and ions, fibers of type II collagen, chondrocytes, aggregated proteoglycans and other glycoproteins.

Diagnosis of osteoarthritis: magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in recent years has become one of the leading methods of non-invasive diagnosis of osteoarthritis. Since the 70s, when the principles of magnetic resonance (MP) were first used to study the human body.

X-ray diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the hip joints (coxarthrosis)

Accuracy evaluation of x-ray joint space width in the hip joints is determined by the correct positioning of the patient, turn the limbs and centration of X-rays during radiography. The position of the patient standing gap width articular significantly lower than in the supine position.

X-ray diagnosis of osteoarthrosis of the joints of the brushes

Standard radiography of the brushes is carried out in a direct projection. Fingers are located together, the brushes lie exactly on the cassette on one line with the axis passing through the forearms and wrists.

X-ray diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee (gonarthrosis)

Knee-joint - one of the most difficult joints for proper radiographic examination because of their structural complexity and the wide range of movements. Osteoarthritis can be localized only in a certain section of the joint, which is also difficult to diagnose articular changes in osteoarthritis of the knee (gonarthrosis).

X-ray diagnosis of osteoarthritis

Despite the rapid development in recent years of such modern methods of medical imaging as MRI, X-ray computed tomography, expansion of the possibilities of ultrasound diagnostics, rentegnostic diagnostics of osteoarthritis remains the most common objective method for diagnosing and controlling the effectiveness of osteoarthritis treatment.

Osteoarthritis diagnosis: arthroscopy

In recent years, apoplexy has been considered as a method of early diagnosis of osteoarthritis, since it allows one to detect the above changes in cartilage even in the absence of radiographic signs of the disease.

Instrumental diagnostics of osteoarthritis

For the diagnosis of osteoarthritis, various instrumental methods of investigation are currently being used to diagnose osteoarthritis for greater accuracy, assessment of the dynamics of the disease and the effectiveness of treatment: X-rays, arthroscopy, ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scintigraphy, thermal imaging.

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