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Fig. 3B —34-year-old man with healthy knee. Magnified sagittal MR images allow better comparison of contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) for patellar cartilage and synovial fluid. IDEAL–SPGR image (A) shows lower signal intensity in fluid, and therefore better CNR, than does fat-saturated SPGR image (B).