TABLE 2.
fMRI scan parameters
| Parameter | Stanford | New York University |
|---|---|---|
| Scanner | General Electric Signa LX | Siemens Allegra |
| fMRI acquisition | Spiral (Glover and Lai 1998; Glover 1999) | Echo planar imaging (EPI) |
| Echo time (TE) | 30 ms | 30 ms |
| Repetition time (TR) | 1.2 s | 1.2 s |
| Flip angle | 66 deg | 75 deg |
| # of shots | 2 | 1 |
| Field of view | 220 × 220 mm or 240 × 240 mm | 192 × 192 mm or 220 × 220 mm |
| In plane voxel size | 2.5 × 2.5 mm or 2.73 × 2.73 mm | 3 × 3 mm or 3.44 × 3.44 mm |
| # of slices | 20 | 19 |
| Slice thickness | 3 mm | 3 mm |