Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Molecular Imaging of the Painful Knee

Abstract: Chronic knee pain is a common condition. Causes of knee pain include trauma, inflammation, and degeneration, but in many patients the pathophysiology remains unknown. Recent developments in advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques and molecular imaging facilitate more in-depth research focused on the pathophysiology of chronic musculoskeletal pain and more specifically inflammation. The forthcoming new insights can help develop better targeted treatment, and some imaging techniques may even serve as imaging biomarkers for predicting and assessing treatment response in the future. This review highlights the latest developments in perfusion MRI, diffusion MRI, and molecular imaging with positron emission tomography/MRI and their application in the painful knee. The primary focus is synovial inflammation, also known as synovitis. Bone perfusion and bone metabolism are also addressed.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Molecular Imaging of the Painful Knee ; volume:27 ; number:06 ; year:2023 ; pages:618-631 ; Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology ; 27, Heft 06 (2023), 618-631

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Mostert, Jacob M. ; Dur, Niels B.J. ; Li, Xiufeng ; Ellermann, Jutta M. ; Hemke, Robert ; Hales, Laurel ; Mazzoli, Valentina ; Kogan, Feliks ; Griffith, James F. ; Oei, Edwin H.G. ; van der Heijden, Rianne A.

Further information

• DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1775741
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023122111200549465543
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:22 AM CEST