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- Radiographic image quality criteria for osteoarthritis of the kneePublication . Alves, Rita; Caldeira, João Paulo; Ventura, Sandra RuaThe femorotibial joint is the most affected in osteoarthritis (OA) and the main symptom is pain. Weight-bearing plain radiographs of the knees are the most reliable diagnostic tool for evaluating and grading the severity of this disease. The joint space width (JSW) has been increasingly used to assess the severity of OA from radiographs. To present a reliable method for visual image quality assessment of weight-bearing knee radiographs and proposes guidelines for diagnostic measurements predictors of OA.