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Table 1 Scan parameters for the acquisitions performed.

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