Abstract #3485

Optimizing 3D FSE FS Sequences of the Knee at 3 T for Clinical Use, Automated Segmentation, Quantitative Analysis of Articular Cartilage and Templating for T2 Maps: Creating a Single MR Data Set for Morphological and Quantitative Functions

Joshua Michael Farber¹, Jose Tamez-Pena², saara Totterman³, Hubert LeJay⁴, Edward Schreyer³, Karl Baum³

¹Radiology, Qmetrics/Rad Ass of N KY, Cincinnati, OH, United States; ²Mathematics and Statistics, Tec de Monterrey, Monterrey, NL, Mexico; ³Imaging, Qmetrics, Rochester, NY, United States; ⁴MRI - Global, GE, Milwaukee, WI, United States

New 3D FSE sequences acquire rich MRI data sets. In the knee, this sequence can provide morphological and quantitative data, with a single acquisition. The data can be used for to render 3D articular cartilage thickness and 3D T2 Maps.