Abstract #2828

Feasibility of Rapid MRI Assessment of Leg Alignment

Feliks Kogan¹, Scott Uhlrich², Madeleine Berkson³, Akshay Chaudhari¹, Marianne Black¹, Valentina Mazzoli¹, Lauren Watkins¹, Garry E Gold¹, and Brian Hargreaves¹

¹Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, ²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, ³Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, United States

Varus and valgus alignment are associated with the presence and progression of knee osteoarthritis. We assessed the feasibility of rapidly assessing leg alignment with a non-weight bearing MRI in under a minute. Good agreement was observed between alignment measurements from MRI and weight-bearing radiographs. This technique offers a sub-one-minute scan that can be incorporated into routine MRI knee scans to add important knee alignment information and potentially removes the need for additional scanning.

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