Grading of Cartilage Damage in Degenerative Knee Osteoarthritis Based on Quantitative Parameters of the Infrapatellar Fat Pad: A Cross-Sectional Study

There existed a correlation between the texture parameters of the infrapatellar fat IFP and cartilage damage in KOA. The models using texture parameters demonstrated better performance in classifying cartilage damage compared to the models using only semi-quantitative parameter. Thus, we can infer that texture parameters had the potential to be valuable imaging biomarkers for evaluating cartilage damage.