For knee imaging, the 3D WS-bSSFP sequence was acquired either with SENSE factor 2 in combination with 4 frequency offsets or with a SENSE factor of 4 in combination with 2 frequency offsets. For the
*Reduced to 9 in 4 patients in whom TF = 13 already exceeded the SAR limits in TSE imaging.#BW of PD was set higher than for T2 in order to achieve low TE values minimizing the T2-effect.¶At λ = 0.5,
*B1 Map uses two echoes, one spin echo and one stimulated echo. The flip angles were varied between 270°–130° in steps of 10° for the spin echo and between 135°–65° in steps of 5° for the stimulated e
