Elisabeth Schnbauer1,
Georg Riegler, Sebastian Apprich2, Vladimir Juras3,
Xeni Deligianni4, Oliver Bieri5, Stefan Zbn6,
Siegfried Trattnig7
1High-field
MR Center of Exellence , Department of
Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna General Hospital, Vienna,
Austria; 2High-field MR Center of Exellence, Department of
Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna General Hospital,, Vienna,
Austria; 3High-field MR Center of Exellence, Department of
Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria;
4Division of Radiological Physics-Department of Radiology and
Nuclear Medicine, University of Basel Hospital,, Basel, Switzerland; 5Division
of Radiological Physics-Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine,,
University of Basel Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; 6High-field MR
Center of Exellence, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna/
Vienna General Hospital, , Vienna, Austria; 7High-field MR Center
of Exellence, Department of Radiology,, Medical University of Vienna/ Vienna
General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential feasibility of multi-echo VTE sequence with very short T2 relaxation times at 3T for T2*-mapping of the patellar tendon, cruciate ligaments and menisci in the knee joint of eighteen patient with knee pain. Quantitative MR Imaging with a 3D T2*-Mapping technique using a me VTE sequence provides additional information to quantify early pathological changes beyond standard clinical imaging for meniscus and patellar tendon.