title: Novel cartilage imaging techniques for hip disorders.
abstract: Hip deformity such as acetabular dysplasia and cam and pincer deformities are thought to be a major cause of hip osteoarthritis. Currently, clinically effective surgical procedures such as pelvic osteotomies and femoral and acetabular osteoplasties are available to correct the underlying deformity. These procedures are most effective in the presence of minimal chondral damage in the joint. Currently, and more so in the future, high-resolution morphologic imaging and biochemical imaging techniques such as Delayed gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging of cartilage, T2, and T1rho will have a clinically important role in diagnosing and staging chondral damage in the hip.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. young-jo.kim@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Young-Jo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000473:pathology*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA