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Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2013 Sep 23;39(6):1384–1393. doi: 10.1002/jmri.24305

High-resolution cartilage imaging of hip joint cartilage at 7 T. We obtained images with: (a) 3-D FLASH water excitation (TR/TE = 12 ms/5.1 ms); (b) 3-D VIBE frequency-selective fat suppressed (TR/TE = 10 ms/3 ms); and (c) 3-D VIBE SPAIR fat suppressed (TR/TE = 9.3 ms/4.3 ms) sequences at a resolution of 0.23 × 0.23 × 1.5 mm³. Cartilage is hyperintense and subchondral is overall hypointense with uniform fat suppression.

High-resolution cartilage imaging of hip joint cartilage at 7 T. We obtained images with: (a) 3-D FLASH water excitation (TR/TE = 12 ms/5.1 ms); (b) 3-D VIBE frequency-selective fat suppressed (TR/TE = 10 ms/3 ms); and (c) 3-D VIBE SPAIR fat suppressed (TR/TE = 9.3 ms/4.3 ms) sequences at a resolution of 0.23 × 0.23 × 1.5 mm³. Cartilage is hyperintense and subchondral is overall hypointense with uniform fat suppression.