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Abstract #1663

7 Tesla Sodium (23Na) Imaging for the Assessment of Patellar Cartilage Damage After Patella-Dislocation: Preliminary Results.

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.

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