Michael Muelly1, Willis Huang2,
Weitian Chen3, Donglai Huo4, Xiaoli Zhao4,
Garry Gold2
1Pennsylvania State
University, Hershey, PA, United States; 2Radiology, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA, United States; 3Global Applied Science
Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, United States; 4PSD
& Applications, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, United States
Rapid 3D-FSE sequences allow for isometric acquisition of images that can be reformatted in multiple planes without slice gaps, enabling acquistion of an full diagnostic knee MR dataset in 6 minutes. These methods typically require a trade-off between signal-to-noise ratio and image blur. We present a 3D-FSE sequence with improved SNR and decreased blur for diagnosis of pathologies of the knee. Improvements in phantom, volunteer, and patient images are presented.