Abstract:Objective To explore the imaging features of multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of degenerative knee osteoarthritis, and to analyze their combined diagnostic efficacy.Methods The clinical data of 78 patients with suspected degenerative knee osteoarthritis admitted to our hospital from January 2017 to March 2018 were analyzed retrospectively. MSCT and MRI were performed respectively. All subjects underwent arthroscopy to determine the incidence of degenerative knee osteoarthritis as the "gold standard". The imaging features of MSCT and MRI were summarized, receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was drawn, and the diagnostic efficacy of different methods was analyzed.Results In this group, 102 knees were diagnosed as degenerative osteoarthritis, and MSCT and MRI had typical characteristics. The sensitivities of MSCT, MRI, and combined methods in the diagnosis of degenerative knee osteoarthritis were 86.27% (95% CI: 0.786, 0.897), 95.10% (95% CI: 0.824, 0.959), and 98.04% (95% CI: 0.855, 0.987), respectively; the specificity data were 77.78% (95% CI: 0.712, 0.798), 90.74% (95% CI: 0.866, 0.913), and 98.15% (95% CI: 0.890, 0.985), respectively; the accuracy data were 88.33%, 93.89%, and 98.08%, respectively; AUC were 0.712 (95% CI: 0.502, 0.851), 0.806 (95% CI: 0.671, 0.855), and 0.913 (95% CI: 0.782, 0.974) (all P < 0.05). The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and AUC of the combined method were higher than those of the single diagnosis.Conclusion MSCT and MRI have typical imaging features in the diagnosis of degenerative knee arthritis, and the combined diagnosis is more effective.