Disease or injury to articular cartilage results in loss of extracellular matrix components
which can lead to the development of osteoarthritis (OA). To better understand the process …

A clinical need exists for low-cost and noninvasive imaging tools capable of detecting
inflammation in the joints of inflammatory arthritis patients. Previous studies have reported …

Polarized reflectance from articular cartilage involves light scattering dependent on surface
features, sub-surface optical properties, and collagen birefringence. To understand how …

Introduction Cartilage lesions or defects are the most common finding during knee
arthroscopy. During arthroscopy, it is often difficult to differentiate between degenerative and …

Cartilage damage and wear can lead to severe diseases, such as osteoarthritis, thus, many
studies on the cartilage wear process have already been performed to better understand the …

Noninvasive assessment of engineered cartilage properties would enable better control of
the developing tissue towards the desired structural and compositional endpoints through …

Objective Joint injuries may lead to degeneration of cartilage tissue and initiate development
of posttraumatic osteoarthritis. Arthroscopic surgeries can be used to treat joint injuries, but …

In a synovial joint, the articular cartilage is directly affected during the progression of
Osteoarthritis (OA). The characterization of early stage modification in extra-cellular matrix of …

Articular cartilage posesses unique material properties due to a complex depth‐dependent
composition of sub‐components. Raman spectroscopy has proven valuable in quantifying …

Time-resolved near infrared spectroscopy is considered to be a gold standard technique
when measuring absolute values of tissue optical properties, as it provides separable and …