Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in the prospective, population-based, Hamburg City Health cohort study: objectives and design

Table 1 CMR sequence parameters

Modality	Pulse sequence	Voxel size (mm³)	FoV (mm²)	TR (ms)	TE (ms)	FA (°)	PAT
Morphology	T2 HASTE	1.3 × 1.3 × 8	400	1100	90	110	2
Cine CMR	bSSFP	1.6 × 1.6 × 8	340	48	1.5	80	3
Native T1 Mapping	MOLLI 5b(3b)3b	1.4 × 1.4 × 8	360	281	1.1	35	2
T2 Mapping	T2 prepared FLASH	1.9 × 1.9 × 8	360	207	1.3	12	2
Perfusion CMR	Turbo FLASH	1.9 × 1.9 × 8	360	158	1	10	2
Angiography	VIBE	1.4 × 1.4 × 5	380	3.3	1.3	9	4
Flow measurements	VENC	1.8 × 1.8 × 6	340	46	2.5	20	2
AD and PWV	VENC	1.2 × 1.2 × 8	300	17	2.3	20	2
LGE	2D-PSIR	1.6 × 1.6 × 8	400	700	1.2	55	2
PC T1 Mapping	MOLLI 4b(1b)3b(1b)2b	1.4 × 1.4 × 8	360	361	1.1	35	2

Abbreviations: AD Aortic Distensibility, FA flip angle, FLASH fast low angle shot, FoV reconstructed field of view, HASTE Half fourier-acquired single shot turbo spin Echo, LAX long axis view, LGE late gadolinium enhancement, MOLLI modified Look-Locker inversion recovery, PAT parallel acquisition technique, PC post-contrast, PSIR phase sensitive inversion recovery, PWV pulse wave velocity, SAX short axis view, bSSFP balanced steady state free precession, TE echo time, TR repetition time, VENC velocity encoded, VIBE volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination

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