Table 2.

MRI sequence acquisition parameters. Median value displayed with range of values shown in parenthesis. No parenthesis indicates all values were the same for all patients.

Acquisition Parameter	T2W	DWI
Repetition time (ms)	4800	5000 (1500–7000)
Echo time (ms)	80	65 (50–102)
Echo train length	15	15 (0–63)
Flip angle (°)	180 (166–180)	120 (90–180)
Slice thickness (mm)	2	4
In-plane resolution (mm)	0.5	2.0 (1.0–2.0)
Slice gap (mm)	2	4
Acquisition matrix	256×230	128×128
Pixel bandwidth (Hz/px)	300	870 (750–1220)
Number of averages	1	2
Number of axial slices	120	28 (24–48)

T2W, T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging; DWI, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.