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Elsevier, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 7(34), p. 1085-1092

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.12.006

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Real-time ultrasonic assessment of progressive proteoglycan depletion in articular cartilage

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Abstract

The loss of proteoglycan (PG) is regarded as one of the early signs of osteoarthritis (OA), thus observing the progress of PG loss would be useful for the early detection of OA. In this study, high-frequency ultrasound was used to monitor and analyze the trypsin-induced progressive degeneration in articular cartilage. Full thickness cartilage-bone specimens (n = 10) prepared from normal bovine patellae were digested using 0.25% trypsin solution for different periods of time to evaluate the dynamics of the digestion process. The trypsin penetration front was observed in M-mode image, which was acquired using a nominal 50 MHz focused transducer. The transient speed of the digestion process was estimated from the image. The digestion fraction, which represents the ratio of the digestion depth to the total cartilage thickness, was estimated from ultrasound data and histology sections. With ultrasound, the digestion fraction observed in the 10 specimens ranged from 64% to 99% and was correlated to that measured by histology (R² ≥ 0.63, p