Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
407-04-004 ISMRM Abstract

Normative quantitative UTE MRI of the anterior cruciate ligament at 3 T: demographic stability across 56 healthy knees.

Primary: Musculoskeletal - Tendon/Ligament
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: spine, MSK, others
407-04-004 · New Outcome Measures for Studying the Joint · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Meeting Room 1.40
Keywords: MSK Ultra-short Echo Time (UTE) T1 Mapping T2 star mapping Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
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Maik Rothe 1,2, Richard Brill3, Walter A Wohlgemuth1,2, Alexander Gussew1,2
1Medical Physics Group, University Clinic and Outpatient Clinic for Radiology, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Germany
2Halle MR Imaging Core Facility, Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
3University Clinic and Outpatient Clinic for Radiology, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Germany
Presenting Author: Maik Rothe

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