ReviewBiomedicines2025
Beyond the Surface: Nutritional Interventions Integrated with Diagnostic Imaging Tools to Target and Preserve Cartilage Integrity: A Narrative Review.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Parametric Imaging for Precision Medicine: Our Perspective on the Special Issue "Applications of Imaging Technology in Human Diseases".Biomedicines · 2026Article
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- Bayesian Graphical Models for Multiscale Inference in Medical Image-Based Joint Degeneration Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Insights of cartilage imaging in cartilage regeneration.World journal of orthopedics · 2025Review
- Innovations in collagen-network remodeling and extracellular matrix mechanics: toward a new era in articular cartilage repair.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Association of organs-crosstalk with the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis: cartilage as a key player.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
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Abstract
This narrative review provides an overview of the various diagnostic tools used to assess cartilage health, with a focus on early detection, nutrition intervention, and management of osteoarthritis. Early detection of cartilage damage is crucial for effective patient management. Traditional diagnostic tools like radiography and conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences are more suited to detecting late-stage structural changes. This paper highlights advanced imaging techniques, including sodium MRI, T2 mapping, T1ρ imaging, and delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage, which provide valuable biochemical information about cartilage composition, particularly the glycosaminoglycan content and its potential links to nutrition-related factors influencing cartilage health. Cartilage degradation is often linked with inflammation and measurable via markers like CRP and IL-6 which, although not specific to cartilage breakdown, offer insights into the inflammation affecting cartilage. In addition to imaging techniques, biochemical markers, such as collagen breakdown products and aggrecan fragments, which reflect metabolic changes in cartilage, are discussed. Emerging tools like optical coherence tomography and hybrid positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging (PET-MRI) are also explored, offering high-resolution imaging and combined metabolic and structural insights, respectively. Finally, wearable technology and biosensors for real-time monitoring of osteoarthritis progression, as well as the role of artificial intelligence in enhancing diagnostic accuracy through pattern recognition in imaging data are addressed. While these advanced diagnostic tools hold great potential for early detection and monitoring of osteoarthritis, challenges remain in clinical translation, including validation in larger populations and integration into existing clinical workflows and personalized treatment strategies for cartilage-related diseases.
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