Comparison of optical coherence tomography and histopathology in quantitative assessment of goat talus articular cartilage

Background and purpose — Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a light-based imaging technique suitable for depiction of thin tissue layers such as articular cartilage. Quantification of results and direct comparison with a reference standard is needed to confirm the role of OCT in cartilage evaluation. Materials and methods — Goat talus...

In-vivo dynamic and static three-dimensional joint space distance maps for assessment of cartilage thickness in the radiocarpal joint

Background The assessment of the joint space thickness is an important clinical parameter for diagnosing osteoarthritis. The accuracy of joint space thickness evaluation from radiographs is limited due to anatomical complexity of the wrist. We propose using distance maps estimated from 3-dimensional and 4-dimensional images reflecting joint...

Constrained Registration of the Wrist Joint

Comparing wrist shapes of different individuals requires alignment of these wrists into the same pose. Unconstrained registration of the carpal bones results in anatomically nonfeasible wrists. In this paper, we propose to constrain the registration using the shapes of adjacent bones, by keeping the width of the gap between adjacent bones...