Table 1:

Parameters used for different fat-suppression sequences on a 3T scanner^{^a}

	Axial STIR	Axial T2WI	Axial Gad-T1WI	Axial Gad-T1WI
	TSE	mDixon TSE	SPIR TSE	mDixon TSE
Coil	16 Channel	16 Channel	16 Channel	16 Channel
Coil	SENSE NV	SENSE NV	SENSE NV	SENSE NV
TR/TE	3000/15 ms	3000/80 ms	600/9.2 ms	500/10 ms
Section thickness/intersection gap	3/1 mm	3/1 mm	3/1 mm	3/1 mm
No. of axial images	40	40	40	40
FS technique	Inversion recovery (TI = 200 ms)	mDixon	SPIR	mDixon
Acquisition matrix	200 × 141	232 × 232	288 × 196	204 × 199
NEX	2	1	1	1
Acquisition time	4 min, 56 sec	2 min, 2 sec	3 min, 2 sec	2 min, 8 sec
Parallel imaging	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gadolinium contrast	N/A	N/A	0.1 mmol/kg gadodiamide (Gd-DTPA) (ProHance)	0.1 mmol/kg gadodiamide (Gd-DTPA) (ProHance)

Note:—SENSE indicates sensitivity encoding; N/A, not applicable; NV, NeuroVascular.
↵a Achieva; Philips Healthcare.