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. 2023 Oct 17;10(10):1212. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering10101212

Table 2.

Summary of imaging protocols used in this study.

Imaging Protocols
Technique Details
CT
(General Electric, Optima 660, 64 slices)
General Electric Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA

  • The patient was placed at iso-center, the ankle positioned at 90 degrees, and the tape was used to secure the foot

  • Slice thickness (ST)—2.5 mm with no skips

  • Field of view (FOV)—16 cm

  • Matrix size—512 × 512

  • Sagittal and coronal reconstructions—0.625 mm

  • With bone and soft tissue windows
MRI
1.5 Tesla scanner (General Electric, Optima 450 W)
General Electric Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA

  • INVIVO/GE 1.5 T HD 8 ch foot/ankle coil is used to maintain ankle position at 90 degrees

  • Matrix size—256 × 192

  • Number of excitations (NEX)—2

  • Bandwidth (BW)—31.25 kHz
Axial

  • T1 and T2 weighted, fat-saturated, Fast spin-echo (FSE) sequence

  • FOV—12 cm

  • ST—3 mm skip 1
Coronal

  • T2 weighted, fat-saturated, FSE sequence

  • FOV—14 cm

  • ST—3 mm skip 1
Sagittal

  • T1 weighted (SE), Short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequence

  • FOV—14 cm

  • ST—4 mm skip 0.5