Hand MRI and the Greulich-Pyle atlas in skeletal age estimation in adolescents.

Skeletal Radiol

Department of Biological Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.

Published: July 2018

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of hand MRI in age assessment in adolescents using the Greulich-Pyle (GP) atlas criteria.

Materials And Methods: Two radiologists, who were blinded to the study subjects' chronologic ages, semi-objectively evaluated 1.5-T MRIs of the left hands of ten patients (13.5 ± 2.6 years) who had left-hand radiographs and 50 healthy volunteers (15 ± 2 years).

Results: A coronal T1-weighted, volumetric, interpolated, breath-hold examination with water excitation (T1 VIBE-3D-WE) achieved the best image quality. The correlation between estimated patients' ages on radiographs and MRI was high. The average estimated age difference between the MRIs and radiographs was -0.05 years for reader 1 and -0.175 years for reader 2. The interclass coefficients (ICCs) showed high interobserver agreement (radiographs: ICC = 0.95, MRI: ICC = 0.97). The ICC, calculated separately for the male and female volunteers' estimated ages by MRI, also showed a high agreement between the two readers (male: ICC = 0.97, female: ICC = 0.95). Reader 1 estimated 94% of volunteers within 2 standard deviations (SD) and 62% within 1 SD. The results for reader 2 were 92% and 54%, respectively. Thirty-nine percent of girls and 27% of boys were estimated to be older using 1 SD.

Conclusion: MRI of the left hand is a feasible alternative to hand radiographs for skeletal age estimation in adolescents using the GP criteria with 2 SD. Using 1 SD, the age of healthy volunteers tended to be estimated as higher than the chronologic age. Future studies should evaluate the results in a larger number of participants.

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