Table 1.
TIRM Sequence | TR (ms) | TE (ms) | Stacks | FOV | Phase Oversampling | Phase Encode Direction | Slice Thickness | Matrix | Time of Acquisition (min:s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
coronal whole body | 5500 | 42 | 5 | 500 mm per stack | 60% | right to left |
5 mm, 1.5 mm gap |
384 × 384 | 3:30 per stack |
sagittal whole body | 4590 | 41 | 5 | 500 mm per stack | 20% | head to foot |
5 mm, 1.5 mm gap |
226 × 320 | 3:00 per stack |
TIRM—Turbo Inversion Recovery Magnitude; TR—Repetition Time; TE—Echo Time; FOV—Field of View.