A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A QUANTITY MEASURE FOR JOINT DESTRUCTION

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and a system for establishing a measure of joint destruction on a bone surface in an individual animal, in particular an animal suitable for pre-clinical studies of drug development, such as in animal models for degenerative joint diseases. The method includes a quantitative image based method capable of reflecting the morphological changes related to joint destruction, wherein a multispectral image of said bone surface is provided and a property of at least one spectral component or a combination of spectral components is used to establish the measure.