Abstract #1396

T1 and T2* relaxation parameter mapping of the patellar and quadriceps tendon by using ultra-short echo-time (UTE) imaging at 3T

Marta Brigid Maggioni¹, Martin Krämer¹, and Jürgen R. Reichenbach^1,2,3,4

¹Medical Physics Group, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, ²Michael Stifel Center for Data-driven and Simulation Science Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, ³Abbe School of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, ⁴Center of Medical Optics and Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

The tendon tissues in the knee are characterized by a short T₂ relaxation time due to their fibrous structure and their high collagen content. Conventional MRI technique are unable to pick up such fast decaying signal, thus new methods and sequences such as UTE have been introduced. In this work a 3D UTE sequences was applied to quantify the T₂* and T₁ relaxation parameters for the patellar and quadriceps tendons.

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