Goetz Hannes Welsch1,2, Oliver Bieri3,
Klaus Scheffler3, Tallal Charles Mamisch4, Kolja Gelse2,
Alina Messner1, Stefan Marlovits1, Siegfried Trattnig1
1Medical University of
Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2Department of Trauma Surgery, University
of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany; 3University of
Basel; 4University of Berne
Aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a new quantitative T2 mapping approach using partial spoiling in patients after cartilage repair of the knee; furthermore to compare and correlate the results against the established methodology of T2 mapping with a multi-slice multi-echo (MSME) technique.