. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2013 May 22;21(8):1058–1067. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.05.010

Table 1.

Sagittal Imaging Protocol at 3.0 T

	Imaging Parameters

Sequence	TR/TE^* (ms)	FOV (cm)	Matrix size	Slice Thickness	Flip Angle	VPS	Other Parameters

T₂-weighted fat saturated FSE	4300/51	14	512 × 256	2.5 mm	-	-	-
3D fat-suppressed High-resolution SPGR	15/6.7	14	512 × 512	1 cm	12°	-	-
3D T_1ρ	9.3/3.7	14	256 × 192	4 mm	-	64	TSL (ms): 0, 10, 40 80 FSL (Hz): 500
3D T₂	9.3/3.7	14	256 × 192	4 mm	-	64	Preparation TE (ms): 2.9, 13.6, 24.3, 45.6

TR/TE: repetition time/echo time; FOV: field of view; VPS: view per segment; TSL: time of spin lock; FSL: frequency of spin lock.