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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Apr 25;138(1):96–102. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.062

Table 1.

Example of velcotiy mapping parameters.

Parameter Setting Parameter Setting
TR (ms) 50 Asymmetric echo
allowed
VENC (cm/s) 50-150*
TE (ms) 3.8 Rectangular FOV 66%
FOV (mm) 250 R-R=750 ms Acquisition window 750 msec
Thickness (mm) 5 Flip angle (deg) 25
Phases (calculate) 25 Measured
phases:
Segments 3
Matrix 127 × 256 Partial phase Fourier 0
NEX 3 14 Bandwidth (HZ/px) 260
*

50-80 used for the SVC, IVC, RPA and LPA. 150 used for the aorta.