Table 1.

Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) protocol.

SEQUENCE		Plane	TR (ms)	TE (ms)	TI (ms)		FOV (mm)	SI	Slices	Matrix	Averages	b-value (s/mm2)	TA
T2-weighted TSE imaging with fat suppression		axial	4800	61	230		340	4 mm	34	314 × 320	1		2:26 min
Three-acquisition trace DW, double-refocused single-shot EPI with inversion recovery fat suppression		axial	13700	83	220		340	3.5 mm	40	192 × 64 (50% oversampling)	2	50/850	3:19 min
DCE-MRI using a split-dynamics protocol [52] consisting of five alternating sections of high-spatial and high-temporal resolution T1-weighted sequences	High spatial resolution unenhanced coronal T1-weighted turbo FLASH-3D sequences without preparation pulse, with selective water-excitation	coronal	877	3.82			320	1 mm isotropic	96	320 × 134	1		2 min
	High temporal resolution coronal T1-weighted VIBE	coronal	3.61	1.4		320		1.7 mm isotropic	72	192 × 192	1			13.2 s per volume

Abbreviations: DCE-MRI, dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; DW, diffusion-weighted; EPI, echo-planar imaging; FLASH, fast-low-angle-shot; FOV, field of view; SI, signal intensity; TA, acquisition time; TE, echo time; TI, inversion time; TSE, turbo spin echo; TR, repetition time; VIBE, volume interpolated breath-hold examination