Abstract #0229

Loading and Knee-Alignment Have Significant Influence on Cartilage T2 in Porcine Knee Joints

Toshiyuki Shiomi¹, Takashi Nishii¹, Hisashi Tanaka², Youichi Yamazaki³, Kenya Murase³, Akira Myoui¹, Hideki Yoshikawa¹, Nobuhiko Sugano¹

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan; ²Department of Radiology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan; ³Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

We developed a non-metallic pressure device to be used during MRI under variable loading or knee alignment conditions in excised porcine knee joints, and assessed the influence of loading and knee alignment on T2 mapping of the knee femoral cartilage.