Table 1:

Acquisition parameters for MRA sequences

TR-CE MRA3D-TOFGRE T2
Receive coilBody coil8-Channel brain coil8-Channel brain coil
TR/TE (ms)4.0/1.2523/3.5757/16.1
Flip angle25°15°18°
Acquisition planeCoronalAxialAxial
FOV (mm)320 × 320200 × 200230 × 230
Acquisition matrix268 × 267312 × 206512 × 512
Section thickness (after interpolation)2.6 (1.3)1.6 (0.8)5
Acquired voxel size (mm)1.2 × 1.2 × 2.60.64 × 0.97 × 1.60.45 × 0.45 × 5
Reconstructed voxel size (mm)0.8 × 0.8 × 1.30.39 × 0.39 × 0.8
No. of sections778724
Anteroposterior coverage (mm)100
k-t BLAST undersampling factor4
No. of dynamics121
Phase acquisition times8.7 sec
Total acquisition times1 minute 44 seconds2 minutes 36 seconds1 minute 37 seconds