Table 1:

Pulse sequences in chronologic order of execution from left to right and their corresponding parameter settings

Sequence ParametersT1-TSE AxialDE-TSE AxialT2-TIRM AxialT1-TSE SagittalT2-TIRM Sagittal
TR (ms)990300050009907670
TE (ms)1512/69761576
TI (ms)a180180
FOV (mm)170 × 170170 × 170170 × 170188 × 250188 × 250
Section thickness (mm)4.04.04.03.03.0
No. of sections88899
Acceleration factorGrappa/2Grappa/2Grappa/2Grappa/2Grappa/2
Turbo factor5515515
Averages22222
Matrix256 × 320358 × 448307 × 384192 × 320230 × 384
Time1 min 00 s3 min 59 s2 min 07 s0 min 48 s1 min 26 s
Echo-train spacing (mm)15.711.611.514.112.2
Bandwidth (Hz/pixel)233143181233181
  • a –indicates time-to-inversion.