Abstract #0284

Improved Assessment of Cartilage Repair Tissue Using Fluid-Suppressed 23Na Inversion Recovery MRI at 7 Tesla: Preliminary Results

Gregory Chang¹, Guillaume Madelin¹, Orrin Sherman², Eric J. Strauss², Ding Xia¹, Michael P. Recht¹, Ravinder R. Regatte¹

¹Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, United States; ²Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, United States

Use of a fluid-suppressed, adiabatic inversion recovery 3D radial sodium MRI pulse sequence at 7 Tesla may allow more accurate quantification of sodium content within cartilage repair.