Sydney Harbour Marriott
Australia
The Osteoarthritis Imaging Workshop will focus on the rapidly developing magnetic resonance imaging (MR) and other imaging modalities for assessment of osteoarthritis (OA). MRI is useful for assessment of joint structures such as cartilage, bone, ligaments, menisci, and synovium. It has also shown promise in detection of biochemical changes in these tissues by measurement of MRI parameters (including T2, T1rho). However, at the current time the FDA does not accept MRI as a trial endpoint for drug trials.
The emphasis will be both on the emerging imaging techniques as well as promoting the use of imaging based measures of OA as tools in epidemiological research and clinical trials, understanding OA-pathoetiology and OA-related joint biomechanics, and eventually, in diagnosis and treatment of OA. Presentations will focus on recent advances in designs of pulse sequence, coil designs, and applications to enhance our understanding of the OA disease process.