Open Knee(s): Virtual Biomechanical Representations of the Knee Joint

This site contains magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data acquired to support development of fully specimen-specific finite element representations of the human knee joint. MRI data were collected for a total of 8 adult cadaver specimens that included male and female, young and elderly, and healthy and osteoarthritic donors. Imaging was performed on a 3T magnet and included general purpose imaging (3D T1-weighted without fat suppression, isotropic, 0.5 mm resolution); cartilage imaging (3D T1-weighted with fat suppression, 0.35 mm sagittal plane resolution, 0.7 mm out of plane resolution); and connective tissue imaging (proton density, turbo spin echo in sagittal, axial, and coronal planes, 0.35 mm in plane and 2.8 mm out of plane resolution).