About the Authors

Pia M. Jungmann

pia.jungmann@tum.de

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Carl Ganter

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Christoph J. Schaeffeler

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany, Musculoskeletal Imaging, Kantonsspital Graubuenden, Loestrasse 170, CH-7000, Chur, Switzerland

Jan S. Bauer

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany, Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Thomas Baum

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Reinhard Meier

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Mathias Nittka

Affiliation Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector, Allee am Roethelheimpark 2, 91052, Erlangen, Germany

Florian Pohlig

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Hans Rechl

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Ruediger von Eisenhart-Rothe

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Ernst J. Rummeny

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Klaus Woertler

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The co-author M.N. is an employee of Siemens and was involved in the technical development of the metal-artifact reducing pulse sequences. He did not contribute to, access or influence the design, performance or analysis of this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMJ CG CJS JSB TB RM MN FP HR RE EJR KW. Performed the experiments: PMJ CG TB MN FP KW. Analyzed the data: PMJ CJS JSB TB RM KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMJ CG CJS JSB TB RM MN FP HR RE EJR KW. Wrote the paper: PMJ CG KW. Interpretation of data: PMJ CG CJS JSB TB RM MN FP HR RE EJR KW. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content: PMJ CG CJS JSB TB RM MN FP HR RE EJR KW. Final approval of the version to be published: PMJ CG CJS JSB TB RM MN FP HR RE EJR KW.