Table 2.

Magnetic resonance imaging protocol parameters.

	Sequence
Characteristic	Sagittal proton density fat-saturated TSE	Coronal proton density fat-saturated TSE	Axial proton density fat-saturated TSE	Sagittal 3D TSE (SPACE/VISTA)	Sagittal DESS
Acquisition time, min:s	2:18	1:22	1:31	4:28	5:56
Repetition time, ms	2490	2430	6910	1000	17.55
Echo time, ms	18	18	20	28	6.02
Matrix, frequency × phase	320 × 256	320 × 256	256 × 256	320 × 304	384 × 307
Number of slices	33	37	41	160	160
Field of view, mm	140	140	140	140	140
Slice thickness, mm	3	3	3	0.7	0.7
Skip, mm	0.3	0.3	0.3	0	0
Flip angle	150°	150°	150°	Variable	25°
Bandwidth, Hz/pixel	300	300	300	422	186
Fat suppression	Fat saturated	Fat saturated	Fat saturated	No	Fat saturated

TSE, turbo spin-echo; SPACE, sampling perfection with application-optimized contrasts; VISTA, volume isotropic turbo spin-echo acquisition; DESS, dual-echo steady-state.