Figure 11b. Sagittal fat-saturated SSFP imaging of the knee at 3.0 T. Parameters for both images were 512 x 384, 16-cm field of view, and 1-mm-thick sections. (a) Fat-saturated SSFP image shows a cartilage SNR of 21 (imaging time, 5:44). (b) Three-dimensional fat-suppressed GRE image shows a cartilage SNR of 7 (imaging time, 5:45). The higher SNR efficiency of steady-state techniques makes them appealing for high-resolution cartilage imaging.