ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstructions usually are performed with bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) or hamstring (distal semimembranosus and gracilis) autografts. The Mri imaging appearance of an ACL reconstruction varies depending on the type of graft used and on the timing of imaging relative to graft placement. Mri examination is the best choice of imaging modality to study the complications of ACL reconstruction that usually are graft failure, graft impingement, and arthrofibrosis. 
The location of the femoral and tibial tunnels and graft position play a central role in the avoidance of impingement; the femoral tunnel should lie posterior to the intersection of Blumenstaat’s line (BL) with a line parallel to the posterior femoral cortex. This measure is well seen with conventional radiography but Mri imaging also allow to appreciate the integrity of the graft. I use all of the imaging modality in my daily practice but now my preference goes to dedicated systems; I think it’s very important to see what happens during knee flexion-extension to the reconstructed ACL.
Same patient scanned with dedicated Mri system (0.3 T) and 1.5 T Mri scan – Sagittal T2w and Stir sequences.
Sagittal T2w and Xbone-T1w Mri scan of suspected graft-impingement.
I will like to get a dynamic MRI of my knee
Where in US can I get it
Hi Ashok, my advice is to contact the Esaote website directly and ask them where it is possible to perform this kind of examination.
My best regrads.
Paolo Minafra
I am an Italian MD. I need to do a dynamic mri after acl reconstruction for suspected impingement. I need to know where to do it in Italy but also in other place like Germany.
Hallo, thank you for contacting us; our author send you an invitation on LinkedIn to give you any possible information.
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