Table 1.
Imaging parameters of the Steady State Free Precession pulse sequence used to acquire the magnetic resonance image series, based on the pulse sequence identified by Scott et al.15 as being optimal for vocal tract image quality.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| TR (ms) | 2.0 |
| TE (ms) | 0.9 |
| Flip angle (°) | 15 |
| Acquired/reconstructed matrix size | 120 × 93/256 × 256 |
| Acquired/reconstructed in-plane pixel size (mm2) | 2.5 × 2.45/1.17 × 1.17 |
| Slice thickness (mm) | 10 |
| Field of view (mm2) | 300 × 230 |
| Philips sequence name | FFE |
| SENSE factor | 2 |
| NSA | 1 |
| Actual WFS (pixel)/BW (Hz) | 0.134/3240.4 |
Abbreviations are: repetition time, TR; echo time, TE; Fast Field Echo, FFE; sensitivity encoding, SENSE; number of signal averages, NSA; water fat shift, WFS; and bandwidth, BW.