Application of knee joint imaging in bone age assement in adolescent children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2023.07.008
- VernacularTitle:膝关节影像学在青春期儿童骨龄评估中的应用
- Author:
Xueqiong XU
1
;
Ruoyan CAI
;
Xiumin WANG
Author Information
1. 上海交通大学医学院儿科学院 200120
- Keywords:
Children;
Knee joint;
Bone age;
Medical imaging;
Artificial intelligence
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2023;50(7):460-463
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Bone age is a quantitative representation of the skeletal development pattern.X-ray imaging of the wrist with the Greulich-Pyle method is commonly used to assess bone age in clinic.In adolescent children, the sensitivity and specificity of the the Greulich-Pyle method are not sufficient because the bones of the wrist are already mature.In contrast, epiphyseal morphological changes in the knee joint throughout adolescence can provide information for the assessment of bone age in adolescent children, and the feasibility of knee joint bone age assessment has been verified.With the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical field, the accuracy of AI interpretation of bone age is also recognized.One of the important uses of bone age assessment in adolescent children is to predict the remaining growth potential.Based on knee images, exploring the use of AI to build a model for predicting residual growth potential is a more meaningful research direction for clinical purposes.This paper reviews the anatomical characteristics of the knee joint, the application of knee joint imaging and the research progress of AI in bone age assessment.
