Table 3 Typical parameters for FIDDLE

FOV

300–380

300–380

In-plane voxel size

1.1–1.7 × 1.1–1.7 cm

1.1–1.7 × 1.1–1.7 cm

Matrix size

256 × 205

256 × 205

Slice thickness

7 mm

7 mm

Flip angle

55°

44°

Segments

41

62

Inversion time (TI)

Variable

Variable

Bandwidth

514 Hz/px

930 Hz/px

TE (echo time)

1.92 ms

1.47 ms

TR (repetition time)

3.84 ms

2.94 ms

Gating factor

2

2

K-space ordering

Linear

Linear

Fat Sat

None

None

Asymmetric echo

Yes

Yes

Parallel imaging

2

2

MT pulses

19

19

MT flip angle

500°

400°

MT offset frequency

600 Hz

800 Hz