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Table 2 Typical scan parameters

From: Repeatability and reproducibility of various 4D Flow MRI postprocessing software programs in a multi-software and multi-vendor cross-over comparison study

Parameter

Unit

MRI1

MRI2

Field-of-view

mm3

290 × 290 × 56

312 × 384 × 50

Acquired spatial resolution

mm3

2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5

2.5 × 2.0 × 2.5

Reconstructed spatial resolution

mm3

2.0 × 2.0 × 2.0

2.0 × 2.0 ×  2.0

Number of reconstructed heart phases

 

24

24

ECG synchronization

 

Retrospective

Retrospective

Respiratory motion compensation

 

Gating window 8 mm

Gating window 8 mm

Flip Angle

°

8

7

Parallel Imaging

 

SENSE acceleration factor: 2.2

GRAPPA acceleration factor: 3.0

Velocity-encoding factor

cm/s

200

200

  1. ECG, electrocardiogram