To assess the discriminative power of a 5-min quantitative double-echo steady-state (qDESS) sequence for simultaneous T
Fifty-three subjects were included and divided over three groups based on radiographic and clinical knee OA: 20 subjects with no OA (Kellgren-Lawrence grade (KLG) 0), 18 with mild OA (KLG2), and 15 with moderate OA (KLG3). All patients underwent a 5-min qDESS scan. We measured T
In cartilage, mean T
• Quantitative T
Quantitative T