Abstract #5088

Magnetic resonance imaging of the zone of calcified cartilage (ZCC) in the knee joint using 3D UTE Cones sequences

Yinghua Zhao^1,2, Yajun Ma¹, Michael Carl³, Xing Lu¹, Yanchun zhu¹, Eric Y Chang^1,4, and Jiang Du¹

¹University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, ²Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University (Academy of Orthopedics · Guangdong Province), Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, ³GE Healthcare, San Diego, CA, United States, ⁴Radiology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, United States

The zone of calcified cartilage (ZCC) is a thin layer between articular cartilage and bone. The ZCC plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) but has never been imaged in vivo with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques. In this study we aimed to investigate the feasibility of direct imaging of the ZCC in healthy volunteers using a three dimensional (3D) ultrashort echo time (UTE) Cones sequence on a clinical whole body 3T scanner.

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