Toshiyuki Shiomi1, Takashi Nishii1,2, Hisashi Tanaka3, Mina Okamoto1, Hideki Yoshikawa1, Nobuhiko Sugano1,2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 2Department of Orthopaedic Medical Engineering, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 3Department of Radiology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan
The purpose of this study is to compare preventing effects of chemical shift artifacts in T2 mapping between those proposed techniques, using cadaver porcine femoral condyles with normal cartilage and cartilage partially depleted of matrix components, and to correlate with biochemical composition.