Harald Widhalm1,
Martin Brix2, Sebastian Apprich3, Gtz Welsch4,
Stefan Zbn3, Gyrgy Vekszler1, Martina Hambck1,
Michael Weber3, Siegfried Trattnig3
1Department
of Traumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2Department
of Orthopaedics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 3Department
of Radiology, MR Center of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria; 4Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen,
Erlangen, Bayern, Germany
We investigated 9 patients after patella dislocation, 9 healthy volunteers and 5 knee cadaver in order to evaluate the feasibility of Sodium MRI for the assessment of osteoarthritis at the patella cartilage.