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Abstract #1605

Quantitative MR Imaging - T2*-Mapping of the Knee Joint Using a Multi-Echo VTE-Sequence at 3 Tesla: Preliminary Results.

Elisabeth Schnbauer1, Georg Riegler, Sebastian Apprich2, Vladimir Juras3, Xeni Deligianni4, Oliver Bieri5, Stefan Zbn6, Siegfried Trattnig7

1High-field MR Center of Exellence , Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria; 2High-field MR Center of Exellence, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna General Hospital,, Vienna, Austria; 3High-field MR Center of Exellence, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria; 4Division of Radiological Physics-Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Basel Hospital,, Basel, Switzerland; 5Division of Radiological Physics-Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine,, University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; 6High-field MR Center of Exellence, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna General Hospital, , Vienna, Austria; 7High-field MR Center of Exellence, Department of Radiology,, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria


The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential feasibility of multi-echo VTE sequence with very short T2 relaxation times at 3T for T2*-mapping of the patellar tendon, cruciate ligaments and menisci in the knee joint of eighteen patient with knee pain. Quantitative MR Imaging with a 3D T2*-Mapping technique using a me VTE sequence provides additional information to quantify early pathological changes beyond standard clinical imaging for meniscus and patellar tendon.