Abstract #0147
3D Visualization of Quantitative T 2 Relaxation Times in the Femoral Condylar Cartilage in Healthy and ACL-injured Individuals
Uchechukwuka D Monu 1,2 , Emily J McWalter 2 , Caroline D Jordan 2,3 , Brian A Hargreaves 1,2 , and Garry E Gold 2,3
1
Electrical Engineering, Stanford University,
Stanford, California, United States,
2
Radiology,
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United
States,
3
Bioengineering, Stanford University,
Stanford, California, United States
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that may
affect more than half of the ACL-injured population.
Current MRI osteoarthritis studies often evaluate just a
single slice from the medial and lateral compartments of
the full knee, which may not fully describe the
cartilage volume variation or longitudinal changes. In
this work, we provide a method of visualizing
quantitative maps of the entire cartilage surface using
projection maps. T2 relaxation time differences between
healthy volunteers and ACL-injured subjects are clear
and the global percent short term CV of the implemented
technique is comparable to the ROI approach reported in
literature.
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