Abstract #2248

Usefulness of thin-slice 3D MR imaging using 3D FSE sequence with variable flip-angle refocusing RF pulses for assessing the popliteomeniscal fascicles of the lateral meniscus in knee MR imaging at 3T

Masayuki Odashima¹, Tsutomu Inaoka¹, Hideyasu Kudo¹, Tomoya Nakatsuka¹, Rumiko Ishikawa¹, Shusuke Kasuya¹, Noriko Kitamura¹, Hiroyuki Nakazawa¹, Koichi Nakagawa², and Hitoshi Terada¹

¹Radiology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan, ²Orthopedic Surgery, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan

Thin-slice 3D MR imaging of the knee joint using 3D FSE sequence with variable flip-angle refocusing RF pulses may improve the visualization of the three popliteomeniscal fascicles of the lateral meniscus in comparison with conventional 2D MR imaging of the knee joint.

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