Publications by authors named "Jennifer L Gardiner"
MRI and the distribution of bone marrow fat in hip osteoarthritis.
J Magn Reson Imaging
January 2017
Purpose: To characterize the distribution of bone marrow fat in hip osteoarthritis (OA) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to assess its use as a potential biomarker.
Materials And Methods: In all, 67 subjects (39 female, 28 male) with either total hip replacement (THA) or different severities of radiographic OA, assessed by Kellgren-Lawrence grading (KLG), underwent 3T MRI of the pelvis using the IDEAL sequence to separate fat and water signals. Six regions of interest (ROIs) were identified within the proximal femur.
Article Synopsis
- The world urgently requires better strategies to control tuberculosis due to limitations in current detection methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- Key requirements include advanced diagnostics that don't rely on sputum, biomarkers to predict treatment responses, and methods to assess disease risk and infection independently from host responses.
- This review highlights the current status of tuberculosis research and suggests necessary changes in research approaches to foster the creation and validation of these innovative tools.