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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Invest Radiol. 2020 Jun;55(6):349–356. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000648

TABLE 2.

Modified-Clinical Grading System for Scoring Cartilage Integrity Using CT Images

Grade 0 Normal cartilage thickness and appearance
Grade 1 Minor superficial indentation and cartilage heterogeneity
Grade 2 Cartilage thinning up to 50%
Grade 3 Cartilage thinning from 50% to 100%, no subchondral bone involvement
Grade 4 Complete cartilage loss and erosion of underlying subchondral bone

CT indicates computed tomography