Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
667-04-012 ISMRM Abstract

Relationships between MRI-observed patellar motion and knee/limb tissue characteristics in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos patients

Primary: Musculoskeletal - Whole Joint
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: spine, MSK, others
667-04-012 · Novel Visualization and Assessment of Osseous Tissues · Thursday, 14 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Tendon/Ligament T2 star mapping Knee cartilage Biomechanics Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)
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Carly A Lockard1,2, Roberto A Pineda Guzman1,2, Carson Osmond3, Evelyn Bombard1, Ruei-yuan Tu1, Kaviamuthan Kanakaraju1,4, Mariana E Kersh3,4,5, Christina M Laukaitis1,4,6, Bruce M Damon 1,2,3,5,7,8
1Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute, Carle Health, Urbana, United States of America
2Carle Illinois Advanced Imaging Center, Urbana, United States of America
3University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States of America
4Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States of America
5Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States of America
6Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, United States of America
7Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States of America
8Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
Presenting Author: Bruce M Damon

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