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- Title
Contrast enhanced CT attenuation correlates with the GAG content of bovine meniscus.
- Authors
Lakin, Bejamin A; Grasso, Daniel J; Stewart, Rachel C; Freedman, Jonathan D; Snyder, Brian D; Grinstaff, Mark W
- Abstract
We determined whether contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) attenuation obtained using a µCT scanner correlated with the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content and distribution in ex vivo bovine menisci. Bovine samples were immersed in different concentrations of the contrast agents CA4+ and Ioxaglate, and the µCT images were compared to Safranin-O staining. CA4+ and Ioxaglate diffusion-in kinetics and the correlation between their CECT attenuations and GAG content were investigated. CA4+ and Ioxaglate both reached steady state in the meniscal regions within 95 h, with tau values of 20.6 ± 3.98 and 25.9 ± 3.71 h (mean ± SD), respectively. Both agents diffused preferentially through the proximal and secondarily through the distal surface. The CA4+ CECT attenuation was strongly and positively correlated with the GAG content of the meniscus regions (R(2) = 0.89, p < 0.001) at low concentrations (12 mgI/ml), while the Ioxaglate CECT attenuation was moderately and negatively correlated with the GAG content (R(2) = 0.51, p = 0.03) at 60 mgI/ml. CECT can image ex vivo menisci, and the CA4+, compared to Ioxaglate, enhanced attenuation strongly correlates with the GAG content and distribution in bovine meniscus.
- Publication
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, 2013, Vol 31, Issue 11, p1765
- ISSN
1554-527X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/jor.22421