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Published on: April 23, 2017
Human patellar cartilage: echo planar diffusion-weighted MR imaging findings at 3.0 T
Shao-Cheng Zhu1, Da-Peng Shi, Ang Xuan
1Department of Radiology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China. zsc2686@hotmail.com
Purpose:
To explore the findings of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and the diffusion characteristics on patellar cartilage in healthy adults.
Materials And Methods:
Thirty healthy subjects were studied on SIEMENS 3.0-T Trio Tim magnetic resonance (MR) scanner. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the patellar cartilage were measured in different areas.
Results:
The patellar cartilage demonstrated homogeneously high signal intensity on the images of DWI and maps of ADC. The ADC values displayed a spatial dependency, approximately (1.17 ± 0.31)×10(-3) mm(2)/s of the entire cartilage.
Conclusions:
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging may display articular cartilage structure. There is a consistent pattern of spatial variation of the ADC values.
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