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Table 1 MR Protocol

From: High resolution carotid black-blood 3T MR with parallel imaging and dedicated 4-channel surface coils

 

T1W

PDW

T2W

TOF

DCE*

Sequence

2D-TSE

2D-TSE

2D-TSE

3D-GRE

2D-SR-SGRE

ECG gating

None

None

None

None

None

Fat Suppression

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

TR [ms]

800

3000

3000

21

307

TE [ms]

12

13

65

3.96

1.72

PAT factor

2

2

2

2

4

ETL

11

13

13

n.a.

n.a.

Flip Angle [°]

180

180

180

25

15

Averages

2

2

2

1

3

FOV [mm 2 ]

160 × 120

160 × 120

160 × 120

160 × 120

160 × 130

Matrix

240 × 320

240 × 320

240 × 320

240 × 320

256 × 208

Number of Slices

15

21

21

52

2

Slice thickness [mm]

2

2

2

1

3.5

Pixel size [mm 2 ]

(Interpolated)

0.5 × 0.5

(0.25 × 0.25)

0.5 × 0.5

(0.25 × 0.25)

0.5 × 0.5

(0.25 × 0.25)

0.5 × 0.5

(0.25 × 0.25)

0.625 × 0.625

Scan Time per slice (Sequence)

[minutes]

0:19

(4:38)

0:06

(2:08)

0:06

(2:08)

0:05

(4:11)

0:02

(5:13)

Flow Suppresion

DIR

Inflow Suppression (Arteries and Veins)

Inflow Suppression (Arteries and Veins)

Inflow Suppression

(Veins)

None

  1. DCE = Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Sequences; *TI = 159 ms; D = Dimensional; TSE = Turbo Spin Echo; SR-SGRE = Saturation-Recovery Spoiled Gradient Echo, PAT = Parallel Acquisition Technique; ETL = Echo Train Length; DIR = Double Inversion Recovery
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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

ISSN: 1532-429X

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