High‐resolution Fourier‐encoded sub‐millisecond echo time musculoskeletal imaging at 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla

The feasibility of imaging musculoskeletal fibrous tissue components, such as menisci, ligaments, and tendons, with a conventional spoiled gradient echo technique is explored in vivo at 3 T and 7 T.

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