In vivo sodium imaging of human patellar cartilage with a 3D cones sequence at 3 T and 7 T

To compare signal‐to‐noise ratios (SNRs) and T*2 maps at 3 T and 7 T using 3D cones from in vivo sodium images of the human knee.

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