Abstract #3609

Rauvala E, Ojala R, Lammentausta E, Hannila I, Tervonen O, Jurvelin J, Kiviranta I, Nieminen M

This study shows that the detection of cartilage lesions can be improved by combining T2 mapping and dGEMRIC with weighted images typically used in clinical MRI evaluation of cartilage degeneration. Further, combining these MRI methods may provide unique and clinically significant information on the degenerative mechanism behind cartilage changes.