Five‐minute knee MRI for simultaneous morphometry and T2 relaxometry of cartilage and meniscus and for semiquantitative radiological assessment using double‐echo in steady‐state at 3T

Biomarkers for assessing osteoarthritis activity necessitate multiple MRI sequences with long acquisition times.

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