Web-based visualization interface for knee cartilage

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee can be described as the degradation and loss of articular cartilage. Adequate visualization of cartilage is paramount in allowing accurate and clinically meaningful assessment of cartilage surface morphology and thickness. In this paper we present a web-based user interface that allows the visualization of quantitative results (i.e., cartilage thickness) derived from MR knee images. The use of web-based technology has allowed greater access to the interface and clinically useful interactive functions for the viewing of data (i.e., cartilage thickness WearMap and MR images).