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Table 1 CMR vessel wall imaging and GOAL-SNAP imaging parameters

From: Quantitative evaluation of carotid atherosclerotic vulnerable plaques using in vivo T1 mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonaonce: validation by histology

 

Multi-contrast CMR imaging

T1 Mapping

T1-QIR

T2-MDIR

3D TOF

MP-RAGE

GOAL-SNAP

Acquisition

TSE

TSE

FFE

TFE

TFE

TR/TE (ms)

800/10

4800/50

20/5.5

13.2/3.2

11.3/4.7

Turbo factor

10

12

55

175

Flip angle (deg)

90

90

20

15

8

FOV (mm3)

160 × 160 × 32

160 × 160 × 48

100 × 100 × 100

Resolution (mm3)a

0.6 × 0.6 × 2

0.6 × 0.6 × 2

0.8 × 0.8 × 0.8

Orientation

Axial

Axial

Axial

Axial

Axial

NSA

1

1

1

2

1

Scan time (min)

6

4

2

4

5

  1. TSE turbo spin echo, FFE fast field echo, TFE turbo field echo, TR repetition time, TE echo time, FOV field of view, NSA number of signal averaged, GOAL-SNAP SNAP with golden angle radial k-space sampling
  2. aAcquisition resolution