From: Dual stack black blood carotid artery CMR at 3T: Application to wall thickness visualization
 | PCA Survey | MSDS 1.0 mm | MSDS 0.8 mm | DIR-GRE | PD DIR-MSE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FOV mm (mps) | 300 × 300 × 50 | 150 × 200 × 30 | 150 × 200 × 30 | 150 × 150 × 20 | 150 × 150 × 20 |
Resolution mm (mps) | 1.17 × 2.34 × 50 | 1.0 × 1.0 × 1.0 | 0.8 × 0.8 × 0.8 | 0.45 × 0.45 × 2.0 | 0.45 × 0.45 × 2.0 |
Parallel Imaging Acc. | NA | 2.0 p | 2.0 p/1.25 s | NA | 2.0 p |
TE ms | 5.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 10 |
TR/TR p. Segm. ms | 20/NA | 5.2/1000 | 5.5/1000 | 5.4/1HB | NA/3 HB |
Flip angle | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 90 |
Turbo factor | NA | 40 | 40 | 30 | 12 |
Signal Averages | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Acq. Duration ms | NA | 206 | 222 | 161 | 125 |
Scan duration s | 20 | 304 | 629 | 202 | 369 |