Optimized spectrally selective steady-state free precession sequences for cartilage imaging at ultra-high fields

Optimization of a dual echo in the stead

Optimization of a dual echo in the steady state (DESS) free-precession sequence for imaging cartilage

✍ Peter A. Hardy; Michael P. Recht; David Piraino; David Thomasson 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 875 KB

## Abstract Three‐dimensional (3D) MR imaging of the knee is useful to detect cartilage abnormalities, although the tissue contrast in 3D gradient‐recalled echo (GRE) sequences such as gradient‐recalled acquisition in the steady state (GRASS) or fast low‐angle shot (FLASH) is poor. T2 contrast can